VT Loses Rx Drug Importation Fight
September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vermont's lawsuit against the federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA) over its imported prescription drug...
Tag: Healthcare
MI Gay Rights Group Wins Benefits Ruling
September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Judge Joyce Draganchuk of the Ingham County Circuit Court in Michigan has ruled that domestic...
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Health Care Costs a "Chronic Problem"
September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The cumulative effect of years of double-digit increases has produced a record high for employer-sponsored...
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Salt Lake Lawmakers Squabble over Domestic Partner Benefits
September 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salt Lake City lawmakers have decided to challenge an executive order issued by Mayor Rocky...
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Employers Still Worrying Over Health Cost Hikes
September 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers now fret as much about health care costs as they do about labor expenses...
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Utah State Agency Seeks Court Domestic Partner Benefit Decision
September 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Utah agency providing insurance to state workers and those of Salt Lake...
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Reports Warn of Dependent Health Coverage Problems
September 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer-based health care coverage for dependent children has eroded significantly over the past five years,...
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NorthStar Launches Employee Gas Assistance Program
September 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NorthStar Financial Services Group LLC has introduced an Employee Gas Assistance Program.
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Employees Would Rather Choose Health Care Provider Than Plan
September 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study by The Commonwealth Fund (CWF) found that employees would rather have a choice...
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Buck Finds Smaller Rise in Health Care Costs
September 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer health care costs will continue to rise in 2006, but not as much as...
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Sears Cuts Retiree Health Care Benefits
September 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To cut costs, Sears Holdings Corp. has announced that its retirees under age 65 will...
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Employers Spent $25.86 an Hour For Employee Comp in June
September 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that employers' cost for...
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Employers Take Some Blame for Health Care Costs
September 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Benefit Advisors' (UBA) first UBA/Ingenix Employer Opinion Survey on Healthcare found only 22% of...
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NYC Mayor Vetoes Grocer Health Coverage Mandate
September 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vetoed a grocer health coverage mandate that received...
Michigan Retiree Health Benefits Suit ERISA Preempted
September 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan federal judge has ruled that retirees can't sue their former employer in state...
Feds Push Back Health Coverage Deadlines for Katrina Victims
September 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have announced extension to health plan coverage deadlines so that employees and employers...
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Fed Health Care Cost Hikes Also Slowing
September 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In yet another sign that the spiraling workplace health-care costs increases are cooling off, federal...
Feds Offer HIPAA Guidance after Katrina
September 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released two guidance documents on...
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Obesity Raises Healthcare Expenses
September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a report in the American Journal of Health Promotion, an obese employee costs...
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Small Employers Lead Workplace Health Coverage Decline
September 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A falloff of small businesses offering workplace health coverage has led to an overall dramatic...