Report Underscores Value of Continuing Health Insurance into Retirement

A report has underscored the value to employees of having access to continued employer-sponsored health insurance in retirement, while noting that only about a quarter of large employers, those most likely to do so, offer continuation of that benefit.

A report by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College shows that the share of large employers offering continuation of their health plans has hovered just below or just above the latest figure of 27 percent in recent years. It had been as high as 66 percent in the late 1980s, however, with the steepest drop occurring in the early 1990s.

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