- More than 60 percent of employers are evaluating changes to the long-term medical benefits for retirees in the next 1-2 years.
- 28 percent of employers are in the process of overhauling their retiree medical benefits.
- 15 percent of companies have no plans to change the medical benefits they offer retirees.
- Nearly three-quarters of employers with retirees who collect the Retiree Drug Subsidy from Medicare expect to change their retiree drug benefits.
- 94 percent of those employers believe they will implement changes by 2013 when RDS tax advantages are eliminated; 65 percent say they will do so by 2011.
- 43 percent of employers considering changes to their drug benefits will contract with a Part D Prescription Drug Plan as an alternative.
- More than one-third of employers considering changes to their drug benefits will adopt a defined contribution model.
Source: Hewitt Associates
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