tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 9

Medicare: FUTURE RETIREES MUST PINCH PENNIES TO PAY FOR MEDIGAP

With medical costs rising and employerprovided retiree coverage shrinking, allowing future retirees to fund coverage with pretax dollars could be an idea whose time has come, according to a new analysis from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. “Policy incentives to allow retirees to use a vehicle to pay health insurance premiums and outof- pocket expenses on a pretax basis would not only make health insurance more affordable but might also spur financial planners to focus on health care expenses much more than they do today as a lifelong savings need,” write EBRI President Dallas Salisbury and senior...

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