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The Costs of Springing Forward?
March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Americans may lose an hour of sleep this weekend, but their employers could lose...
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Offshoring Just Keeps Getting Bigger
March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a quarter (27%) of all companies in a new survey expect to increase...
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Health Plans Receive Passing Grades
March 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even if the public perception about health-care providers has turned south in recent years, health...
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Health-Care Card Usage Skyrockets
March 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Spending on prepaid health care cards is expected to go up this year - way...
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Employers Working on Health Care 'Scorecard'
March 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A consortium of employers is developing a health-care scorecard to assist employees in making more...
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HHS Announces New Medicare Drug Cards
March 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson has approved 28 private companies to...
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Methodists Bless Drug Discounts
March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An arm of the United Methodist Church has a solution to high priced prescription drugs...
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Health-Care Cost Increases Down Slightly in 2004
March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pace of health-care cost increases is expected to be 12% this year, down marginally...
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Mass. Canadian Drug Bill Passes First Stage
March 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts bill aimed at making cheaper prescriptions drugs from Canada available to state residents...
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Half of Workers Want A Government Mandate on Health Care
March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of work-age adults in the nation say the government should mandate health-care coverage for...
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Fidelity: Health Premiums Up 7% in 2004
March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health plan premiums will be going up in 2004, just not nearly has high as...
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Task Force on Drug Importation Created
March 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-A new Task Force on Drug Importation, composed of 13 people named by Health and Human Services...
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Tech Salary Budgets Hold Steady
March 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economic upturn is underway for technology and biotechnology companies that saw salaries increase last...
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Integrate Disability, Health Programs To Save Costs: CIGNA
March 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA is giving plan sponsors an idea on how to lower the company's total benefit...
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HRA Savings May Be Negated
March 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) can result in lower health care spending, but only if the...
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Survey: Companies Savings Bucks on Drug Costs
March 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some employers' health-care cost-cutting efforts appear to be working - at least when it comes...
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Employers Want To Assist in Health-Care
March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care cost increases have lead to a greater burden placed on the shoulders of employees,...
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Continued CDHP Rise Forecast
March 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More employees will flock to consumer-directed health plans (CDHP) this year - part of a...
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Directors Comp Packages Getting Fatter
March 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median total direct compensation packages for corporate directors were up by about 30% in...
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Canadian Drug Exports Tick Up
March 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United States-based customers bought more prescription medications exported from Canada in January, reversing three months...