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100 1 _aCusac, Anne-Marie.
245 1 0 _aCut Loose: Companies Trick Retirees out of Health Benefits /
_cAnne-Marie Cusac.
260 _bProgressive,
_c2001.
440 0 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
_nArticle 47.
_pFamily,
_x1522-3213;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
500 _aOriginally Published: Cut Loose: Companies Trick Retirees out of Health Benefits, April 2001; pp. 21-25.
520 _a"According to a December 2000 study by William M. Mercer, Inc., a human resources and benefits firm, only 31 percent of companies with 500 or more employees now provide health coverage to retirees under the age of sixty-five...This is down from 35 percent in 1999 and 46 percent in 1993. The number of larger companies covering insurance for seniors ages sixty-five and older also fell, from 28 to 24 percent." (PROGRESSIVE) This article examines insurance coverage rates among retirees and maintains that "this was the seventh year in a row that retiree insurance coverage declined.".
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 0 _aCorporations.
650 0 _aInsurance
_xHealth.
650 0 _aPostemployment benefits.
650 0 _aRetirees.
710 2 _aSIRS Publishing, Inc.
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
_pFamily.,
_x1522-3213.
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