An update to a retiree health care case we featured last year: on March 24, 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a 2007 federal appeals court ruling, upholding a final rule from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that allows an employer to coordinate retiree health benefits with Medicare or a similar state health benefits program without being subject to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The effect of the ruling is that employers are allowed to provide a two-tier system of retiree heath care coverage, with younger retirees receiving richer benefits than Medicare-eligible retirees. The final ruling ends an eight year court battle, often referred to as the "Erie County" case.