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kmartin
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What is the name of your state? Michigan
My mother is a retiree from a large company. While I understand that this company does not pay for the health benefit costs as a condition of the retirement package, I beleive that they are discriminating the group of retirees based on their age. The cost of the benefit is at least 2 times what the COBRA cost would be to a worker who left the company.
My question is can a company legally discriminate against a group of employees by placing them in a "retiree" benefit group, whose premiums are then based on the claims history of a group, which is higher, as medical care is needed more as you age?
Why are these people being singled out to pay HUGE rates while a COBRA recipient pays much less...
This cannot be legal....
Help!
My mother is a retiree from a large company. While I understand that this company does not pay for the health benefit costs as a condition of the retirement package, I beleive that they are discriminating the group of retirees based on their age. The cost of the benefit is at least 2 times what the COBRA cost would be to a worker who left the company.
My question is can a company legally discriminate against a group of employees by placing them in a "retiree" benefit group, whose premiums are then based on the claims history of a group, which is higher, as medical care is needed more as you age?
Why are these people being singled out to pay HUGE rates while a COBRA recipient pays much less...
This cannot be legal....
Help!