Who will pay for retiree health care?

Article Abstract:

Employer-sponsored health care for retirees covers an increasing number of individuals, at escalating costs (about $4.6 billion in 1985). Legal, medical and ethical issues complicate cost containment efforts. Retirees under 65 depend most on company coverage, but Medicare-eligibles over 65 also require contributions as co-payments, deductibles and other excluded items. The elderly are subject to chronic ailments, requiring long-term attention. To provide cost-effective support of this type of care, companies can include chronic care in benefit provisions, sponsor special insurance policies or use the case management approach, which entails a commitment to monitoring. To protect themselves from poverty in old age, those now working may need to fund their coverage through prepayments.

Health aspects, Aged, Elderly, Management, Health insurance, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Retirees

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The great American brain drain

Article Abstract:

Even with more pressure to increase the supply of engineering graduates and other high-technology scholars for employment in the national defense and in industry, knowledge employees in the U.S. industry and government continue to be put aside and retired in increasing rates. Bell System, for instance, will provide incentives for early retirement to some 10,000 employees in 1985. In the insurance, banking, and service industries, thousands of knowledge employees will be dropped from the payrolls as the trend picks up.

Demographic aspects, Education, Labor supply, Labor force

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Permanent solutions to temporary problems

Article Abstract:

Roughly 90 percent of all U.S. companies can depend on temporary workers to meet labor needs in times of vacation, illnesses, heavy work cycles, and backlogs. It is crucial to make proper plans before hiring the temporary employee. Productivity will usually decline for regular workers on overtime, so the personnel director should make use of temporary employees.

Planning, Human resource management, Temporary employment

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