AT&T is moving its Medicare-eligible retirees/spouses to an exchange operated by Aon Hewitt on January 1, 2015. . AT&T's move marks one of the biggest shifts of retiree healthcare to an exchange so far, coming on the heels of recent moves by IBM Corp and Time Warner Inc. AT&T has not specified how many retirees will be moved to the exchange, except to say that it will be "much smaller" than their 310,000 retirees at the end of last year who were eligible to receive some kind of benefit from the company. AT&T will establish a Healthcare Reimbursement Account (HRA) for Medicare eligible retirees and spouses for 2015. However, AT&T has not committed to funding the HRA beyond 2015.
AT&T retirees need a voice at the collective bargaining table during April 2015 CWA/AT&T Contract negotiations.