Maybe they wanted healthy uncommitted retirees in their sixties.

Otherwise plans will tailor their coverage to attract only healthy retirees.

The Government would spend more to set up accounts for healthy retirees than to cover them under traditional Medicare.

This option would appeal mostly to healthy retirees who expect small medical bills and therefore could expect tax-free buildup of money in the savings account.

Doctors would flee traditional Medicare and serve only healthy and wealthy retirees, at inflated prices no one else could afford.

One problem with this plan is that healthy retirees would be expected to leave the existing Medicare program for private coverage, including medical savings accounts.

As they go about their seven-Saturday weeks, many younger, healthier retirees seem inured to the squeeze.

A healthy retiree in shorts with a digital camera-that's the prosperous countries of the West.

What actually happened was that private plans skimmed the cream, accepting only relatively healthy retirees.

It is not clear how many healthy retirees are doing part-time work or volunteering.