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BusinessWeek July 3, 2008 Anne Tergesen	Keeping Covered Why companies -- and insurers -- are suddenly interested in offering health insurance to early retirees.
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz	Keep Working -- Or Not? The boomers who currently lead our businesses and political institutions need to reinvent retirement and create a more flexible labor market that enables and encourages this generation to work and save later in life.
Managed Care March 2004	More Retirees Face Life Without Health Benefits Employer-sponsored health benefits for retirees could go the way of house calls and dial phones thanks to increasing health care costs. A study says that 10 percent of 408 companies with 1,000 employees or more plan to drop coverage for future retirees.
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Investment Advisor August 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	Working Through Retirement Are your financial advisory clients putting away enough money for retirement or will they be working at the age of 70 to cover healthcare costs?
Registered Rep. May 25, 2011 Mark Miller	Pros and Cons of the Healthcare Reform Law The new health reform law already is changing the health insurance market in important ways that will affect your clients' choices and expenses.
Investment Advisor January 27, 2011 Danielle Andrus	More Employers Offer Help Meeting Retirement Goals Automation, advice are popular ways to help employees with retirement saving.
Job Journal August 26, 2007 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: No Cure for Healthcare Costs? Has healthcare coverage become too costly for employers to provide?
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Job Journal November 25, 2007 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Financial Savvy in Short Supply Employers pay a high cost for abandoning benefits and pension plans.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Understanding Medicare: Claims In general, Medicare provides a level of coverage that is fairly similar to what private health insurance plans offer. Here are some tips for getting the most from it.
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Registered Rep. September 20, 2012 Kevin McKinley	Health Care Costs Are Making Clients Sick They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Yet when it comes to addressing client concerns about current and future health care costs, most financial advisors don't even offer even so much as a periodic check-up.
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Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	Medicare Drug Benefit 101 If financial advisers can understand the basics of the new Medicare drug benefit plan, they can provide a great service to their clients -- perhaps even save them money in premiums. Here's where to start.
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CFO February 22, 2005 Alix Nyberg	Promises, Promises Retiree health coverage is a sweetener fewer companies are willing to offer.
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Financial Planning April 1, 2006 Marion Asnes	The Cost of Living The dual pressures of rising healthcare costs and an aging population are inexorable. For financial planners, in addition to crafting strategies for creating wealth, protecting wealth and funding a lifestyle in retirement, it's time to count healthcare costs in your projections.
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