Well if this doesn't make your blood run cold... Hope IBM doesn't try the same. Halliburton sues retirees, by Brendan January Halliburton is suing three...
... 55? ... be ... You are describing the FHA (Future Health Account). According to IBM, "The IBM Future Health Account (FHA) is not a portable account; you...
I put in a inflation factor, and the crossover point at 3% inflation is 38 years out, and at that point it will be inflation adjusted $343,000. The rule of 72...
Maybe we should preempt IBM with a class action suit of our own to get the "funds" they say they spend for retirees medical. I dropped IBM's medical and have...
Frank That price is for you only. Do you have a spouse on it yet, or do you know if spouse pricing is comparable? What state? It can vary from state to...
I have grave concerns about leaving the IBM plan when I turn 65. Has anyone looked at this great complication yet: Spouse is almost 5 years younger. If I...
The problem, for those retired prior to FHA, would appear to be an incremental cost over the IBM medical plan for the pre 65 year old retirees. I have just...
... price ... was ... Board ... $132 was the 1999 crop. I assume your $114s are really $113.34s from the 2001 crop. You should see about getting some of the...
QUOTE FROM JANET KRUEGER: Current retirees don't have it much better -- before long their copay will be just as high as those who don't have retiree insurance...
I just left a plan on NY that covered 65+ and spouse -65'. It is called MVP and I was very pleased with the coverage....... I have carried it since 1995. I...
I have always said if you want to understand something then drive its parameters to the extreme. We hear proponents of both sides of Outsourcing, Offshoring...
Thats $89.99 for each of us or $539.94 every quarter. No copays for office visits, they have covered everything Medicare medicare doesnt. I have Prescription,...
Has anyone read the book or seen the movie yet? I heard the author gives a raw, blunt perception of just what-is a coporation today: a 'mindless' machine with...
... for > office visits, they have covered everything Medicare medicare ... in > michigan and there are several retirees that I know who have gone > the sam...
Lou and Sam probably sleep well at night after consuming expensive booze and cheap sedatives. The sedatives are cheap because they send their drivers to ...
All those Millions of dollars must make a mighty fine soft pillow and comfy firm mattress. You know they probably think that they are heros for doing it too ! ...
Prescription Drugs From Canada: How to Avoid Unsafe Drugs and Dubious Sellers Congress is currently considering legislation to allow Americans to buy...
... Gee, do you think that maybe IBM will hire some of us "over-the-hill" ex-employees as door-greeters at minimum wage so that we can purchase health...
Hello, I just saw this article on another website and thought you would like to see it as it calculates an impact to the regular employee in regards to...
"Its the economy stupid". "I guess we'll have to retrain em"; the classis retort of our president when he hears of the job dislocations by offshoring. Yeah...
Bristol-Myers to pay $150M fine "Massive": SEC says the drug giant manipulated its earnings to distort its true performance By Marcy Gordon The Associated...
Yup the anecdotal evidence of the only thing trickling down to the middle class is long term unemployment, reduced wages, and increased deficit spending and...
"...helpful to know your final decision and rationale? " I don't have "final" anything. Life never goes that way. I will be age 62 in December. S.S. starts...
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