MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'gm cut retiree health benefits'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:30:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441821&cid=t_243062_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FYWtde3g8adM%2F It used to be that when you worked for a company, you were “set.” If you packed in, say, 30 years on a job, you were rewarded later in life by having the burden of finding health insurance and making extra money lifted by the company. You received health benefits in retirement and also a pension. Even before this poor economy, companies were changing the way they dealt with retirees. They began to look at retiree benefits as a burden and not an obligation. Now, GM, which is victim to this economy, may cut retiree medical benefits “with immediate effect at the insistence of the U.S. Treasury because of GM’s “difficult financial situation.” Even more cuts for retiree benefits could be made in the next two years. Do you think this is the right course of a... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441821 Wed, 27 May 2009 21:20:44 +0100 2441821