Industry White Papers:

• Improving America's Retirement Readiness, Retirement Planning Whitepaper – June 2005 – Source: Fidelity Investments

• Controlling Health Costs and Improving Health Care Quality for Retirees Issue Brief – February 2005 – Source: Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI)

• Facts from EBRI on "The Basics of Medicare, Updated with the 2005 Board of Trustees Report– June 2005 – Source: Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI)

• Health Care Expenses in Retirement and the Use of Health Savings Accounts Issue Brief – July 2004 – Source: Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI)

• Retiree Health Care Costs: Addressing the Growing Gap – September 2002 – Source: Fidelity Investments

• "Retiree Health Benefits: Trends and Outlook" Issue Brief – August 2001 – Source: Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI)

• "Retiree Health Benefits: Savings Needed to Fund Health Care in Retirement" Issue Brief – February 2003 – Source: Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI)

Medicare Reform Updates:

• Talking About Medicare – April 2006 – Source: Kaiser Family Foundation.
  This is an online consumer guide designed to help people with Medicare coverage, as well as their families, understand their options and make decisions about the new Medicare benefit based on their personal situations.

• The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Fact Sheet – September 2005 – Source: Kaiser Family Foundation.

• Medicare Advantage Fact Sheet – September 2005 – Source: Kaiser Family Foundation.

• Medicare At a Glance – September 2005 – Source: Kaiser Family Foundation.

• 2005 Annual Report of the Medicare Boards of Trustees (PDF) – March 2005 – Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services