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  1. Welcome to Today’s NACUBO Webcast Our program will begin shortly with a brief introduction on how to use the desktop interface.

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  7. Managing the Faculty of the Future:Retiree Health Insurance TIAA-CREF Institute, NACUBO and ACE November 10, 2004

  8. INTRODUCTION:Health Insurance in Higher Education Dr. Robert Clark Professor, North Carolina State University TIAA-CREF Institute Director of Research

  9. Challenges Facing Higher Education • Budgetary Shortfalls • Aging Faculties • Rising cost of health and retirement benefits

  10. Budgetary Shortfalls • Declines in state appropriations • Declines in endowment earnings • Affect of economy on giving

  11. Faculty Age Structure

  12. Causes of Faculty Aging • Slow growth in faculty size • Low turnover rates • Low retirement rates

  13. Health Insurance • Virtually all faculty have health insurance • Many institutions provide retiree health insurance • But costs of health insurance are soaring

  14. Health Insurance • Rapidly rising health care costs are placing financial pressure on colleges • Faculty pay more but still institutional costs are rising

  15. National Health Care Issues • The cost of health insurance is influenced by national trends • Medicare is important to faculty as a benefit, and as a cost

  16. National Health Care Issues • Cost of employer provided health insurance rising by over 10 percent per year • Projections of the cost of Medicare are so large that they are not sustainable

  17. Health Insurance • Private sector firms are quickly dropping and scaling back RHI • Many organizations are finding the costs unsustainable • Need for policy changes and the development of RHI savings accounts

  18. Today’s Program • Describes the national health insurance environment • Examines the future of Medicare • Highlights changes in RHI among non-educational employers • Presents evidence on health insurance trends at universities

  19. Today’s Program We begin with presentations by two nationally prominent experts on health insurance • Dr. Marilyn Moon • Dr. Sylvester Schieber

  20. Today’s Program • Presentations will be followed by short replies then, by taking your questions.

  21. Polling Question #1 • Does your institution provide retirees with health insurance benefits? • Yes, past and present retirees • Yes, but only for prior retirees • No, retiree health insurance is not provided • Unsure

  22. SECTION ONE:An Overview of Healthcare Costs and Medicare Trends Marilyn Moon, Ph.D. Vice President and Program Director American Institutes for Research

  23. A Brief Overview of Medicare • Has changed over time • Reliance on many kinds of supplemental coverage • Rising costs • Compares well with private insurance growth • Higher burdens on beneficiaries over time

  24. Medicare Expenditures by Type of Service: 1966 and 2003 • 2003: 46% Part A; 41% Part B; 13% Part C (Medicare+Choice) • 1967: 70% Part A; 30% Part B Source: Health Care Financing Administration, 2000 and MedPac 2004

  25. Sources of Supplemental CoverageAmong Noninstitutionalized Medicare Beneficiaries,2001 Source: MedPac analysis of Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, Cost and Use file, 2001

  26. Out-of-Pocket Spending as a Share of Income Among Elderly Beneficiaries Source: Urban Institute Calculations Using NHE, CPI, CPS, and Trustees Report, MCBS

  27. Cumulative Growth Rates Source: Boccuti and Moon 2003; Based on Marilyn Moon’s calculations

  28. Relative Health Status of HMO Enrollees, 1998 Non-HMO Enrollees HMO Enrollees 89.9% No ADLs 85.2% 4.6% 3 or More ADL Limitations 8.2% 78% Health Excellent, Very Good, or Good 68.9% 22% Health Fair or Poor 31.1% Source: HCFA/Office of Strategic Planning: Data from MCBS, 1998

  29. New Drug Legislation • Not help by as much as many think • The donut hole

  30. Beneficiary & Government Share of Spending in 2006, at Individual Expenditure Levels, Under the New Medicare Drug Benefit Source: Boccuti and Moon 2003; Based on Marilyn Moon’s calculations

  31. The Future • Demographics • Higher costs of care per capita • Unsustainable?

  32. Growth in Medicare Spending as a Share of GDP and in Beneficiaries as a Share of Total Population

  33. Affordability From 2003 to 2040 • Increase in GDP per worker - 63% • Increase in GDP per worker if take out Medicare burden - 55% • To do this requires tax increase

  34. Hold Line on Spending? • No tax increase approach 42% cut • Growth proportional to income 33% cut

  35. SECTION TWO:The Future of Retiree Health Benefits in Higher Education in the United States Sylvester J. Schieber, Ph.D. Vice President Watson Wyatt Worldwide

  36. Overview • Background • Context for considering employer-sponsorship of retiree health benefits • Health benefits for retired faculty from institutions of higher education • Conclusions

  37. Background

  38. Personal Health Care Expenditure Patterns, 1960 through 2002 Percentage of expenditures from out-of-pocket Personal health expenditures as percentage of GDP Source: Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

  39. Total Health Care Expenditure Patterns, 1960 through 2002 Source: Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

  40. Employer-Sponsored Retiree Health Benefits in Perspective

  41. The Private Sector Story • Retiree health benefits were not carefully thought out • During the 1970s and 1980s, inflation soared • During the 1980s accounting standards raised awareness of the costs • Also during the 1980s tax laws effectively precluded funding

  42. The Private Sector Story, Cont’d • From 1980 to 1997—medium and large firms offering benefits dropped from 80 to 40 % • In 1984, 90 % of plans required 5 years or service or less–by 2001 85 % required 10 years or more • About 30 % of current retirees have service related premiums—for future retirees it is 65 to 70 % • About one-quarter of current retirees face premium caps, 40 % of those close to retirement do & nearly 50 % of new hires do

  43. Polling Question #2 • Has your university increased the share of retiree health care costs paid by faculty or are you considering it? • Yes, already increased the share • Yes, we’re considering it • No, not considering at this time • Unsure

  44. Why Should Employers Care About Health Care Benefits Costs? Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Income and Product Accounts.

  45. Increases in Employers’ Health Benefit Costs & Wages for Recent Years Health cost Wage Year increases increases Difference 2001 10.9 % 4.1 % 6.8 % 2002 12.9 3.2 9.7 2003 13.9 3.1 10.8 2004 11.2 2.3 8.9 Source: The Kaiser Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust, Employer Health Benefits 2004 Annual Survey.

  46. Employer Contributions to Private Health Benefit Plans as a Percent of Wages (Assuming Wages Grow 4 % a Year) Projection assumes health plan cost growth exceeds wage growth by 6 or 10 percent per year.

  47. Rough Characterization of Health Care Utilization Under Typical Employer Plan ~ 25 % of covered lives < 1 % of covered lives ~ 75 % of covered lives Occasional use of health care services Catastrophic use of health- care services Chronic users of health-care services ~ 15 % of plan costs ~ 60 % of plan costs ~ 25 % of plan costs

  48. Health Benefits for Retired Faculty

  49. Issues Facing Colleges and Universities Different than Those for Private Employers • Accounting issues • FASB does not have domain on public entities • GASB adopted rules for recognizing costs and obligations to take effect for periods after December 15, 2006 • Funding issues • Tax limitations on for-profit sector do not apply • Still there has been little funding • Benefit security issues • Implications of failure to recognize costs • Assuring benefits that are not funded

  50. Private Schools in Survey Providing Retiree Health Benefits to Retired Faculty Current Eligible New retirees to retire hires Pre-65 coverage Retiree 34 34 27 Spouse 34 34 27 Post-65 coverage Retiree 30 29 21 Spouse 30 29 21 Source: Watson Wyatt Worldwide.

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