Large Employers' Expected Medicare Rx Coverage Strategy, 2007
Among large firms offering Medicare retiree health benefits, nearly eight in ten expect to continue to offer drug coverage to retirees and accept subsidies from the federal government to offset some of those costs in 2007.

Notes: Virtually all companies not providing drug coverage in 2007 discontinued drug coverage in 2006. "Other Strategy" includes supplementing Medicare drug coverage, contracting with Medicare drug plans, and becoming a Medicare drug plan. Applies to plan with the largest number of age 65+ retirees. Based on a non-probability sample of private-sector firms with 1,000 or more employees offering retiree health benefits.
Source: Kaiser/Hewitt 2006 Survey of Retiree Health Benefits, December 2006.

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