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State retirees’ cost for Medicare falls

Retired state employees will see an 11 percent reduction in the premium for the popular Medicare Plus $1 million insurance program for 2006, the Group Insurance Board decided Tuesday.

….The state employee health insurance program for active workers will see an 9.8 percent increase for single coverage and 9.9 percent for family coverage.

….Those increases won’t affect what employees will pay out of pocket for 2006.