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TABLE E11

Distribution of Retirees Who Initially Continued Coverage Under Their Employer's Plan But Had It Discontinued
by reason for discontinuation: comparison of 1988 and 1994
Reason for Discontinuation 1988 1994
Total1/ Private Sector Public Sector Total Private Sector Public Sector

NUMBER OF RETIREES
(in thousands)
           962
          698
         256
       1,885
       1,424
            441

PERCENT
Number of Retirees
Total                                                         100 100 100 100 100 100
Eligibility period expired 26 32 12 25 27 21
Too expensive 21 17 32 18 20 14
Covered by another plan 9 9 9 11 10 13
Did not want/need coverage 2 2 4 2 2 3
Medicare coverage 19 17 23 11 11 13
Had to be eligible for pension 0 1 - 0 0 0
Age/service eligibility requirement not met 1 0 2 1 1 3
Other 14 15 14 29 28 32
Don't know or no response 7 7 6 2 2 2

1/Total includes retirees of not determinable employment sector.

SOURCE: Data for 1988 are tabulated from the Retiree Health Supplement to the August 1988 Current Population Survey. Data for 1994 are tabulated from the Retiree Pension and Health Supplement to the September 1994 Current Population Survey.

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