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Post by jeffolie on Feb 7, 2013 16:35:17 GMT -6
February 07, 2013 Postponing Retirement for Health Insurance Percentage of workers who plan to work longer than they would like in order to continue receiving health insurance through their employer: 53%. Source: Employee Benefit Research Institute, Views on Health Coverage and Retirement: Findings from the 2012 Health Confidence Survey www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5157demomemo.blogspot.com/====================== Executive Summary Views on Health Coverage and Retirement: Findings from the 2012 Health Confidence Survey •More than one-half of Americans (54 percent) reported that access to health insurance in their retirement decision was extremely important, and another 28 percent reported it was very important in 2012. •Overall, more than one-half of workers (53 percent) reported that they planned to work longer than they would like in order to continue receiving health insurance through work, although only 19 percent of retirees reported that they had worked longer than they would have liked to in order to continue receiving health insurance through work. •In 2003, 15 percent of workers reported that they would retire earlier than planned if they were guaranteed access to health insurance, but by 2012, 27 percent reported that they would retire earlier than planned under that condition. www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5157
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Feb 11, 2013 0:33:29 GMT -6
This keeps workers on the job longer at lower wages than would otherwise be required, thus suppressing wages and making it harder for new entries into the workforce to find jobs.
The health insurance industry/racket has become an even bigger scam under Obama than it was under Bush.
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