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SEIU Launches Nationwide Actions
To Question Health Insurance Industry Tactics - Common
Dreams (press release), ME
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Mark Farrah Associates Examines
Emerging Individual Health Insurance - MarketWatch
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Is Low-Cost Health Insurance
Worth It? - BusinessWeek
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Insurance Giant Leverages
Technology to Enhance Offerings - Earthtimes (press
release), UK
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Lexington Insurance Introduces
Pandemic Rx - RedOrbit, TX
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State official urges
self-employed to sign up for health insurance - TCPalm, FL
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New Employee Wellness Program,
The 7 Habits of Healthy People - Business Wire (press
release), CA
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Labor Department fights to take
over firm's 401 (k) plan - Newsday, NY
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Defined benefit plans can be
dangerous, but there are advantages - The Citizen.com, GA -
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Thomsons Online Benefits
launches new pension fund analysis tool - Online
Recruitment, UK
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Court: Westchester owes CSEA
retirees $3.6M in health benefits - Lower Hudson Journal
news, NY
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Napa risks bankruptcy unless
pensions, benefits reduced - Napa Valley Register, CA
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Anheuser details staff benefit,
pension reductions - memo - Reuters
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Governments strain under retiree
obligations - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA
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City retirees miffed as health
benefits dwindle - Greenville News, SC
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Despite Economic Downturn,
Employee Benefits Remain Stable in 2008 - FOXBusiness
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Florida Health Insurance Analyst
says McCain's Group Health Ideas Bad For Employees - PR
Web
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Democrats’ quick fix is no
solution for workers - Workers World
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Employees Want More On-The-Job
Help With Retirement Plans - Findlay Living, Ohio
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Rising benefits costs are
changing small business practices - New England Business
Bulletin, MA
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Healthcare Doesn’t Have to Be a
Crisis for Employers - Hawaii Reporter, HI
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Getting the health insurance
run-around - Chicago Tribune,
06/27/08
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06/09/08
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Budget to force benefits changes - Nevada Appeal, NV
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State reform overdue for employee benefits - Cherry Hill Courier
Post, NJ
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Unions Seek To Revive Tax Break For 'Group Legal' Plans -
CNNMoney.com
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Employer-Sponsored Retiree Medical Plans Coming Up Short -
Workforce Management, Ca -
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City retirees raise concerns over health care benefits - Lake
County News, CA
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Retirement liability totals $2.1 billion for city, schools -
Buffalo News,
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Tax uncertainty not altering perception of EAPs and screening -
Online Recruitment, UK
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A New Look at Healthcare Costs in Retirement - U.S. News & World
Report, DC
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Profit-driven health care system needs reformation - Greeley
Tribune, CO
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Who Gets Benefits and How Much? - Mountain News, CA
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Pensions risk sharing considered - The Press Association
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World Medical Tourism & Global
Health Congress Connects Global Healthcare Providers with Global
Insurance Companies
06/06/08
06/05/08
06/04/08
06/03/08
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California public employee
pensions, healthcare a fiscal time bomb - Los Angeles
Times, CA -
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Longfellow Benefits' Haraden to
Discuss Health Insurance - Market Wire
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A System That Needs to Be
Retired - Washington Post, United States
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A way to turn 401(k) into an
income stream - Baltimore Sun,
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Getting to work and getting a
break, to boot - New York Daily News, NY
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After Caesareans, Some See
Higher Insurance Cost - New York Times,
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United Healthcare: Sterilization
or No Insurance - Seeking Alpha, NY
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Options if health insurance is
lost Eileen Ambrose - Baltimore Sun, United States
06/02/08
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5/06/08
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Even the Insured Feel Strain of Health Costs - New York Times
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Obama's Health Care Record - Wall Street Journal
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Staying on top of benefits - Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 5
hours ago
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Avoid Insurance Nightmares with Your Oklahoma Employee Benefits
Broker - American Chronicle, CA -
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No WC Benefits for Employee Who Invited Co-Workers' Disdain -
HR.BLR.com
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Employee Benefits Broker Warns of Insurance Company Mistakes -
PR Web (press release), WA
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The candidates' health care proposals - Detroit Free Press,
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Revving up the Big Three's retiree VEBA - FinancialWeek
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Pension Tension - RedOrbit, TX - May 3, 2008
Retirement just a mouse click away More people start retirement
online - Chicago Tribune,
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Marriage, Death and Your Death and Survivor Annuity -
FedSmith.com
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401 (k) industry, firms look at hidden fees - Orlando
Sentinel, FL
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Health care big deal to voters - Detroit Free Press
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Federal Health Plan for Children Still Leaves Needs Unmet -
Washington Post, United States
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States Look to Rein In Private Medicare Plans - New York Times,
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Health Plan Administrators
Launches Agent Resource Center (ARC) and Turnkey Post-Grad Marketing
Video
05/05/08
05/02/08
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"We're going to open it (the FEHB) up to everybody"
- FedSmith.com
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McCain Health Plan Could Mean Higher Tax
- New York Times
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John McCain's Plan to Keep Employer-Provided Health
Insurance - Reason Online, CA
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National health insurance best way to ensure care for
all Americans - Seattle Post
Intelligencer -
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Health Insurance Costs Rise 10 Times Higher Than
Income - eMaxHealth.com, NC -
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Towns see relief from soaring health costs
- Boston Globe
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Getting Married for Health Insurance
- WFMJ, OH
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Medical privacy still isn't protected
- Baltimore Sun,
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Got QDIA Questions? DoL Has Answers
- Planadviser.com, CT
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SL County Council pitches a pay-for-it-yourself
health care - Salt Lake Tribune,
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Employees want more on-the-job help with their
retirement plans - Casa Grande Valley
Newspapers, AZ
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NKU board approves extended family benefits plan
- Bizjournals.com, NC
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PIANY Offers
Association Health Plan To Members
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J.D. Power and
Associates Reports: Satisfaction with Health Plans Varies
Dramatically From Region To Region, Largely Due to Poor
Communication From Insurance Providers
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True Group
Long-Term Care - April 2008 - Milliman
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Open Solutions
Co-Hosts Health Savings Accounts Forum at The White House
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Texas Consumers
Rate Humana Highest in Overall Member Satisfaction, in J.D. Power
and Associates Study
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Humana Completes
Acquisition of UnitedHealth Group’s Individual Medicare Advantage
Business in Las Vegas
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Residents of the
Nation’s Capital to Have New Health Plan Choices From
UnitedHealthcare’s Golden Rule Insurance Company
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Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Arizona Joins National Workplace Fitness Effort
05/01/08
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Rein in the health insurance cartel - The News Journal, DE
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McCain Seeks Tax Credit To Help Buy Health Insurance - Wall
Street Journal
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Poll: 7% of Americans marry for health insurance - Houston
Chronicle, United States
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Health-Care Insurance Frustrations - Wall Street Journal
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Health Insurance Premiums Skyrocket - BusinessWeek
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Report: Health insurance premiums outpacing pay raises - Salt
Lake Tribune,
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Employers pay more for health insurance - Cherry Hill Courier
Post, NJ
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City unveils health insurance comparison Web site - Houston
Chronicle, United States
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The benefits gap - Health Insurance and Protection Magazine, UK
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Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Co-Author Chapter On Executive Benefits
- The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel, NJ
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Benefits Expert Jim Edholm Re-Thinks Rising Health Care Costs -
Market Wire
- employment litigation -
A Wakeup Call For Corporate America And A Few Other Interested
Parties - The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel, NJ
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Employee handbooks: Personalize personnel policies - Local Tech
Wire, SC
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MEDecision Enters Agreement With
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
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New Health Plan Offers
Kentucky-Based Businesses and Their Employees Affordable Coverage
and Flexible Benefit Options
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HealthPass, UnitedHealthcare
Join Forces to Offer Affordable Oxford Health Insurance Products to
Sole Proprietors in NYC and Long Island
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Cover The Uninsured Week - How
Can You Help?
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LifeCare® Partners with AGS
Foundation for Health in Aging To Deliver Expertise and Resources to
Clients
04/30/08
04/29/08
04/28/08
04/25/08
04/24/08
04/23/08
04/22/08
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Florida Health Insurance Bill Passes, Helps 3.8 Million Uninsured
- dBTechno, MA
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DO WE NEED INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATES? - National
Center for Policy Analysis, TX
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Tiered Health Care Catches On - Forbes, NY
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GAO Calls Bush’s Child Health Insurance Policy Illegal -
dBTechno, MA
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Survey reveals dismay over health insurance - Houston
Chronicle, United States
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Law encourages employers to provide financial advice - Kansas
City Star, MO -
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ADAM’s AgencyWare Accelerates Employee Portal Construction for
Brokers - Business Wire, CA
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Employee benefits: salary sacrifice strategy - Accountancy
Age, UK
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Employee benefits: pensions - ready for revival - Accountancy
Age, UK
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Retirement benefits weigh down Fresno County budget - Trading
Markets, CA
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New Medicare and Medicaid Data
Released
04/21/08
04/18/08
04/17/08
04/16/08
04/15/08
04/14/08
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Fiduciaries at added risk of
court action - Global Pensions, UK
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Robbing future to pay present:
Retiree benefits - Las Vegas Sun, NV
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US Loses Too Many Lives over
Lack of Health Insurance - eFluxMedia
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Benefits probed for school
attorneys - Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY
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Teachers’ insurance costs to go
up $20 million - Arkansas Online, AR
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Shopping for health insurance
online is increasing in all age groups - PR Web, WA
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An Ill Veteran, A Denied Claim,
A Heartless Employer - Hartford Courant, United States
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Assurant fills coverage hole:
Pooled family dental benefits - Kansas City Business
Journal, United States
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Lockton Experts Highlight
International Benefit Challenges - Business Wire (press
release), CA
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fixing Your Finances: Maximize
employee benefits - St. Charles Journal, MO
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51% underestimate value of their
compensation - Chiropractic Economics, FL
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Non-Profits Perplexed by
Sweeping New Retirement Plan Regulations
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Mark Farrah Associates Keeps an
Eye on Health Plan Financials
04/11/08
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DoL Offers New
Information Channel for Employers -
Planadviser.com, CT
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Bank Of America
To Consolidate Health, Insurance Benefits
- CNNMoney.com
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BofA Changes
Benefits Plans, Adds Employee Perks
- WRAL.com, NC
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Lawmakers want to
ask companies for health insurance for all in state
- Durango Herald, CO
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Massachusetts AG
Files Brief Challenging President Bush’s Child Health Insurance
Limits - All American Patriots
(press release), Sweden
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Little change
seen in employee benefits from 2006
- Chiropractic Economics, FL
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FIXING YOUR
FINANCES: Maximize employee benefits
- St. Charles Journal, MO
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Deadline Nears
For Companies to Enter National Employee Benefits Recognition -
FOXBusiness
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Paraprofessionals
seek health benefits - Meriden
Record-Journal, CT
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Medical Mutual of Ohio to Offer
Quicken Health Expense Tracker
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New Grants Available for
Families Struggling with Child Health-Related Expenses
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Pharma’s Direct-to-Consumer
Marketing Continues Shift to Physician Offices, Online Programs
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Phyhealth Selects Network TPA
for Third Party Administration of Pilot HMO
-
College Students Join Health
Care Debate - City of Boston Teams with PBS and the Miller Center in
National Broadcast
04/10/08
04/09/08
Gaps in Hospital
Security Policies Put Patient Data at Risk, According to New
Report
Higher Health Costs
Forecasted to Dwarf Food, Fuel and Future Inflation
04/08/08
04/07/08
04/04/08
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Gov. Charlie Crist, Dan Marino back mandatory insurance for autism
- Sun-Sentinel.com, FL
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SHRM Joins Brief Challenging Health Care Mandate -
HR Magazine, VA
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Health care for all -
Brattleboro Reformer, United States
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Outdated Employee
Benefits Law Needs Revision, Not Further Judicial Interpretation -
The Heartland Institute, IL
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Unfair to take away state employee benefits -
Kennebec Journal, ME
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Flexible working provided by 86% of employers -
Health Insurance and Protection Magazine, UK
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Report identifies death rate tied to lack of health insurance in Connecticut
- Boston Herald, United States
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Senators and CEOs Urge Passage
of Health IT Bill Now
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WellSteps: Biggest Factor in
Increasing Health Care Costs is Unhealthy Employee Behavior
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New Nationwide Poll Shows 82% of
Voters Believe Americans Not Doing Enough to Ensure Their Health
Through Preventive Steps
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CIGNA Joins Leading Consumer,
Employer and Labor Organizations in Push for Physician Performance
Measurement Standards; Endorses National ''Patient Charter''
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Mitchell International Acquires
Fair Isaac Medical Bill Review Business Unit
04/03/08
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Mont. Commissioner Files Brief to Court
over an insurance company's dual
role of paying disability benefits -
Houston Chronicle, United States
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Company Strategies to Stretch
Health Care Dollars Documented in New Survey -
Talent Management, CA
-
Domestic-partner benefits approved for state workers
- ASU Web Devil, AZ
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The Wright Group buys Redstone Benefits Systems
- MSN Money -
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Employer mandates: Brief shreds
9th appeals panel's nitwitted reasoning -
San Diego Union Tribune, United States
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Employer Cooperation is Essential in EHM -
World Health Care Blog, DC
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Executive compensation: Besides stock options, what
else is there? -
WTN News, WI
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Can Outsourcing Inject Health
into Healthcare Industry?
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Senators and CEOs Urge Passage
of Health IT Bill Now
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Open Solutions and Evolution
Benefits Partner to Expand Product Offering to Mutual Clients
-
National Health Partners
Announces Agreements with Several Large Chambers of Commerce
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AEPC Endorses Health Alliance
Plan's HAP Preferred PPO Provider Network
-
Health Net to Assist the
Government of Dubai in the Development of Its New Healthcare Funding
System
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HumanaDental Plans Now Include
Oral-Cancer Screening
-
Mont. Commissioner Files Brief to Court
over
an insurance company's dual role of paying disability benefits -
Houston Chronicle, United States
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Company Strategies to Stretch Health Care Dollars Documented in New Survey -
Talent Management, CA
-
Domestic-partner benefits approved for state workers
- ASU Web Devil, AZ
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The Wright Group buys Redstone Benefits Systems
- MSN Money -
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Employer mandates: Brief shreds 9th appeals panel's nitwitted reasoning -
San Diego Union
Tribune, United States
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Employer Cooperation is Essential in EHM -
World Health Care Blog, DC
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Executive compensation: Besides stock options, what else is
there? - WTN News, WI
04/02/08
04/01/08
03/31/08
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McCain's health plan fails her test
- Los Angeles Times, CA
-
Survey: High-deductible employee benefit plans triple
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA
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Municipalities need to get handle on public-employee
liabilities -
Arizona Republic, AZ
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Cities pay huge salaries despite fiscal crises
- San Francisco Chronicle, USA
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Survey Highlights Ongoing Shift To Wellness to Manage Health
Care ... -
FOXBusiness
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Health-care insurance gaps affect all of us
- Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
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Health insurance reforms begin to pay off big-time
- Worcester Telegram, MA
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Young adults face insurance quandary
- Chicago Tribune, United States
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Years before Medicare can be tough to find insurance
- HeraldNet, WA
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Dental insurance plans vary significantly
- Munster Times, IN
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Employers examine benefits communication
- Employee Benefits, UK
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For some, Fido's bills now payroll deduction
- Arizona Republic, AZ
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New WERC publication helps managers develop employee benefit
programs -
Canadian Transportation & Logistics, Canada
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Guardian Expands Dental Benefit Options Helps Small Business Owners
Lower Insurance Cost
03/28/08
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Catalyst Rx Steps Up its Generic Advantage Plan
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Phyhealth Provides Business Update on the Fourth Quarter of 2007; On
Track to Launch First Community-Based HMO
-
Did You Pick The Wrong Employee Benefits Broker? Three
Problems - American Chronicle, CA
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Controlling Health Insurance Premiums with FSA, HRA, HSA
Plans -
IndustryWeek
-
Survey: High-deductible employee benefit
plans triple - Pittsburgh
Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
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Shifting Careers Finding Health Insurance if You Are
Self-Employed -
New York Times, United States
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Health insurance costs worry workers
- Chicago Sun-Times, United States
-
401(k) debit cards: Borrowing from your future?
- CreditCards.com, TX
-
Employers Bracing For Talent Squeeze
- New York Times, United States
-
Who really pays for health care?
- Chicago Tribune, United States
-
You at Work appoints Mailtrack to launch interactive Benefits
... -
E-consultancy (press release), UK
-
New WERC publication helps managers develop employee benefit
programs -
Canadian Transportation & Logistics, Canada
-
Survey Highlights Ongoing Shift To Wellness to Manage Health
Care -
FOXBusiness
03/27/08
WSJ.com/Harris Interactive Study Asks: ''Are There Fair And Reliable
Ways to Assess Healthcare Quality?''
WellPoint NextRx Announces New Agreement With Trustmark
ROI
Calculator from WellSteps Shows How Worksite Wellness Programs Lower
Employee Health Care Costs
Milliman Care Guidelines Expands, Updates Clinical Content and
Software
BGAs
to learn how clients can escape pension tax trap at sales summit
Apr. 3-4
AIG
Group Management Division Launches Group Life Product That Expands
Employee Benefit Capabilities in the European Union
Consumerism In Health Survey
- National Center for Policy Analysis -
Dallas,TX,USA
Change will save RB thousands in insurance fees
- Riverside Brookfield
Landmark - Oak Park,IL,USA
Benefits change proposed for state workers
- Providence Journal -
Providence,RI,USA
Larimer County to offer employee medical benefits to domestic partners
- The
Coloradoan - Fort Collins,CO,USA
Kansas House approves health care bill with insurance subsidies -
Kansas City Star, MO
Candidates diverge on health care plans -
USA Today
03/26/08
HealthEquity CEO Releases the Third Edition of The Complete HSA
Guidebook
The
Valley Health Team Receives $2,325,000 Investment from UnitedHealth
Group to Enhance Access to Health Care Services in California
With
the End of Steerage, Toledo, Ohio Consumers Given Choice of Health
Systems for Care
INSPIRIS Partners with Elderplan to Bring CarePlus to New York
Members
United
American Healthcare Corporation Subsidiary Submits Response to
TennCare RFP
OPM Calls for
Short-Term Disability Insurance
-
Washington Post - United States
Corporate
Synergies Launches BenefitsVIP.com (2º)
- InfoBolsa - Spain
Web site helps
people plan for retirement
- Daily
Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
'Eureka' launches
business
- Cincinnati Enquirer -
Cincinnati,OH,USA
03/25/08
Future Tempe Union retirees won't get health insurance
- Arizona
Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Retirees can stay with state benefits plan
- Nevada Appeal - Carson
City,NV,USA
Not so fast on the health insurance mandates
- Los Angeles Times -
CA,USA
Finding the balance in ... Health insurance
- Mail Tribune -
Medford,OR,USA
Domestic partner bill passes House, Senate committees
- Twin Cities
Planet - Minneapolis,Minnesota,USA
Health insurance costs rise again; those with subsidies to pay more
- Boston Globe - United States
Corzine Hits a Speed Bump
- Wall Street Journal - USA
Senators urge Ottawa to help seniors access CPP benefits
-
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
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