Judge Blocks Rule Allowing Companies to Cut Benefits When Retirees Reach M

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<snip>A federal district judge on Wednesday blocked a Bush administration rule that would have allowed employers to reduce or eliminate health benefits for retirees when they reach age 65 and become eligible for Medicare.
Ten million retirees could have had benefits cut under the rule, which was adopted last April by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.<snip>

<snip>Judge Brody rejected that contention. The commission, she said, was trying to "issue a blanket exemption for illegal behavior," not confined to a few individual cases. "An administrative agency, including the E.E.O.C., may not issue regulations, rules or exemptions that go against the intent of Congress," she added. .<snip>



http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/31/politics/31retire.html?ex=1269925200&en=6ce822beb7af10a6&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

[caligirl]

1. Shrub needs clipping, the thief is trying to destroy the middle class

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2. Durn activist judge stopped him, though

:sarcasm: