Employment-based retiree health benefits: trends in access and coverage, 1997-2010.
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چکیده
Because employers are under no obligation to provide retiree health benefits, except to current retirees who can prove that they were promised a specific benefit, and because (unlike defined benefit pension plans) employers are not under any obligation to pre-fund retiree health benefits, it is likely that employers will continue to make changes to those programs, especially for future retirees.
منابع مشابه
Employment-based health benefits: trends in access and coverage.
• Fewer workers taking coverage: Between 1997 and 2002, the percentage of workers offered health benefits increased from 70 percent to 71.4 percent, and the percentage of workers covered by that health plan increased from 60 percent to 60.7 percent. Despite the fact that offer rates and coverage rates had increased, the percentage of workers taking coverage when offered declined from 85.7 perce...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- EBRI issue brief
دوره 377 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012