Supreme Court:
No Review of Decision on EEOC Retiree Health
Coverage Policy
[Posted 03/25/2008]
The
AARP was again thwarted in its attempt to block a
ruling that allows employers to provide richer
healthcare benefits to younger retirees than to
Medicare-eligible retirees with Medicare without
violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
voted to approve the regulation on April 22, 2004,
but the AARP sued the EEOC in early 2005 to prevent
its publication After several years of litigation,
the EEOC eventually won the fight as the 3rd Circuit
found the rule was “a reasonable, necessary and
proper exercise of [EEOC's] authority.”
The rule was finally implemented in December of
2007. The Supreme Court’s refusal to review the
lower court’s decision allows that rule to stand.
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