SOURCE: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 2013.

1. The share of large firms (200 or more workers) offering retiree health benefits to active workers has declined, 1988-2013 NOTE: Tests found no statistical difference from estimate for the previous year shown (p<.05). No statistical tests are conducted for years prior to 1999. SOURCE: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1999-2013; KPMG Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998; The Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA), 1988.

2. Larger firms are more likely to offer retiree health benefits to active workers than smaller firms, 2013 SOURCE: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 2013.

3. Forty-five percent of all retirees ages 55 to 64 have retiree health coverage, 2012 Total retirees, ages 55 to 64, 2012 = 5.3 Million NOTE: Numbers do not sum to 100 percent due to rounding. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 2012 Current Population Survey.

4. Nearly one in three Medicare Beneficiaries has a retiree health plan that supplements Medicare Total Medicare Beneficiaries, 2010 = 48.4 Million NOTES: Supplemental coverage was assigned in the following order: 1) Employer-Sponsored Insurance and Retiree Health Coverage, 2) Medicare Advantage, 3) Medicaid, 4) Medigap, 5) Other public/private coverage, 6) No supplemental coverage. Individuals with more than one source of coverage were assigned to the category that appears highest in the ordering. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the CMS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Cost and Use File, 2010.

5. Beneficiaries with retiree health coverage are disproportionately white, in better health, and have higher incomes than other Medicare beneficiaries $30,000 – $40,000 NOTES: RHB is retiree health benefits. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the CMS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Cost and Use File, 2010.

6. The number of retirees in Medicare Advantage group plans is rising, 2008-2013 NOTE: PFFS is Private Fee-for-Service plans, PPOs are preferred provider organizations, and HMOs are Health Maintenance Organizations. Other includes MSAs, cost plans and demonstrations. Includes Special Needs Plans as well as other Medicare Advantage plans. Numbers may not sum to total due to rounding. SOURCE: MPR/Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of CMS Medicare Advantage enrollment files, 2008-2013.

7. The number of retirees in employer-sponsored retiree drug plans has declined, and is expected to continue declining, 2006-2022 Number of beneficiaries with retiree drug subsidies, in millions SOURCE: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2013 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical insurance Trust Funds, May 2013.