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Women Delay Heath Care Due to Costs
July 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than one fourth (27%) of women surveyed and 67% of those who were uninsured...
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Flexible Benefits Stay Hot in Canada
July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian employers are embracing flexible benefit programs in increasing numbers, new Hewitt Associates research has...
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Majority of Plan Sponsors to Seek Medicare Drug Subsidy
July 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new survey of 257 retiree plan sponsors with at least 500 employees...
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Visteon Retiree Health Care Costs to Shift to Employees
June 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Visteon Corp., maker and supplier of auto parts, has announced a new policy which will...
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Health Insurance Remains Number One Benefit Attraction
June 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) showed 60% of workers ranked health...
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FDA Warns TX About Bill to License Canadian Pharmacies
June 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Texas Governor Rick Perry has approved a bill that allows its state Board of Pharmacy...
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Employers Report Slowing Rise in Health Plan Costs
June 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by Kibble & Prentice of nearly 250 Washington state employers shows the rate...
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AON Survey Shows Wellness Programs Gaining Favor
June 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey of HR executives conducted by AON Consulting showed that 43% of those...
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Six in 10 Firms Turn to Worker Wellness Campaigns
June 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 62% of companies in a recent survey said they had implemented employee wellness programs,...
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Health Spending Leads Economic Growth
June 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though cost-shifting the increased expense of workplace health coverage to employees has slowed the...
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IRS: Certain Texas Workers Still HSA Eligible
June 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued an information letter advising that employees in Texas can...
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Study: Most Canadian Drug Sites Not What They Seem
June 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A scant 214 of the 11,000 Web sites designed to appear as though they were...
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Many Canadian Employers not on top of Absenteeism Problems
June 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Canadian employers are not ready to address problems with work-related injuries or personal illness,...
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Employees Fear Negative Health Coverage Outcomes
June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees are strongly influenced by fear and insecurity when they make decisions about their health...
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Study: 16M Americans Underinsured in 2003
June 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 45 million uninsured American adults don't have health insurance, and at least 16 million...
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Study Find Growing Immigrant Health Insurance Problem
June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The growing trend of uninsured immigrants is increasingly taxing the US social services system, new...
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HMO Coverage Rate Hikes Seen Moderating in 2006
June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In another sign that health coverage cost increases are apparently slowing, a new Hewitt Associates...
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Employers to Pay $922 More in 2005 to Cover Health Uninsureds
June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers will have to shell out an average $922 extra in 2005 for their workplace...
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Thirteen Hourly Wage Jobs Suffered 2005 Pay Decline
June 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 13 of 46 job positions suffered a least a slight drop in hourly wages...
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Wisconsin Joins Other States in Trying 'Wal-Mart Tax'
June 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Wisconsin has joined other states in trying to force retailing giant Wal-Mart...