The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that companies may reduce health care benefits to employees over 65 who are eligible for Medicare.  Kris Maher, Jane Zhang, and Nathan Koppel write in the Wall Street Journal that the decision has sparked a debate about employer-provided health care for senior employees, though companies have long varied the benefits provided to younger workers and those eligible for Medicare.   The move again focuses attention on the government as health-care provider of last resort.  Read Maher, Zhang, and Koppel here.

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