Health Care Cost Trends:
The rate of increase dropped to 8 percent last year and is expected to stay at that level through 2008.
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Improving Quality, Lowering Costs:
The guide from the Leapfrog Group helps employers meet their health care goals by providing contract language and sample letters to insurers and third-party administrators.
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A $215,000 Price Tag:
The estimated amount has increased 7.5 percent since 2006, when retirees were expected to save $200,000 to cover health care costs.
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No Account:
Only 10 percent of high earners contribute to the plans. Lower earners participate more, but aren’t saving enough.
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Battle of the Sexes, Retirement Round:
The Employee Benefit Research Institute attributes the disparity to the fact that women 50 and older have spent less time in the workforce than their male counterparts, and those who have worked longer tended to have lower-paying jobs.
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