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IBM to Pick Up Whole Health Care Tab
October 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Computer giant IBM announced Friday that it will pay 100% of the cost of its...
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Companies Consider Replacing Expats with Local Talent
October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the failing economy put more pressure on companies' bottom lines, multinationals are increasingly looking...
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Small Biz Owners Worry Benefits Cost Could Stunt Growth
October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey finds small business owners are ready to pick up hiring, but feel...
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GM to Offer Only CDHPs to Salaried Staff
October 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starting January 1, 2010, General Motors Co. will offer only high-deductible consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs)...
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Employers Globally Offer Benefits Choices to Employees
October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in four employers now offer employees choice in the benefits they receive, with a...
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Pilot Program Shows Re-engineered Health Benefit Reduces Cost
October 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A just-completed pilot project sponsored by the Boeing Company shows that re-engineering primary health care,...
Deere & Co. Wins Suit over Retiree Health Benefits Reduction
October 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa has ruled that Deere &...
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NBGH Launches Employer Toolkit to Address Childhood Obesity
October 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pointing out that an obese teenager has a 70% chance of becoming an obese adult,...
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Nutrition is Another Aspect of Wellness
October 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Olathe, Kansas, nutrition education company has released a new collection of print-ready nutrition education...
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Employee Benefits Top Cost Concerns for CFOs
October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters (77%) of U.S. chief financial officers and senior comptrollers surveyed said that...
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benefitsCONNECT Adds HSA Administrator Option
October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - benefitsCONNECT has added HSA Bank as a Health Savings Account (HSA) administrator option in its...
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Administrative Hassles from COBRA Subsidy Limited Usefulness
October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ceridian Benefits Services said the new COBRA subsidy enacted by the U.S. government may have...
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Flexible Benefit Plans Help with Costs, Employee Retention
October 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian organizations that offer employees multiple benefit plan options may have an advantage when it...
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NC to Target Smokers, Obese with Higher Health Plan Costs
October 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - North Carolina is set to become the second state to charge obese workers more for...
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Health Bill Won't Prompt Job Loss for Most Retailers
October 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 71% of chief financial officers (CFOs) at leading U.S. retailers do not think they...
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Towers' 2010 Health Cost Hike Prediction: 7%
October 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest survey of health coverage cost hikes predicts a 7% increase for 2010 over...
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TX Provider Releases Limited Plan Health Coverage Offering
October 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fringe Benefit Group, an Austin-based provider of limited medical benefit plans and health benefits administration,...
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By-Words for 2010 Health Plans: Cost-Shifting and Wellness Programs
October 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 41% of employers in an Aon Consulting survey are planning substantial changes to their...
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When it Comes to Health Care Cost Increases, Location Matters
October 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This year some major U.S. markets experienced health care rate increases significantly higher than the...
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EBSA Proposes ERISA Exemption for Chrysler VEBA
October 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on Friday proposed giving an...