http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/04/23/medicare.retirees.ap/index.html <http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/04/23/medicare.retirees.ap/index.html> Employers can cut retiree benefits as soon as they qualify for a federal benefit program that the feds are trying to cut. I thought of several nasty comments, but, most are below the decorum of the ListServ. I'm just wondering how long it will be before employees in the U.S. are taken behind the parking garage and "retired with extreme prejudice". * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *