AR Legislators Approve Elimination of Adult Child Coverage State Tax
March 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Arkansas Legislature has approved a bill allowing employers to extend health care coverage to...
Tag: Healthcare
Benefits |
Fidelity Retiree Health Cost Estimate Drops Back 8%
March 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The annual Fidelity Investments estimate of the retirement health-care costs for a 65-year-old couple fell...
SURVEY SAYS: Do You Take a Break for Lunch?
March 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I was struck (as were many of you, based on the clickthroughs) by that...
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DoL Issues Self-Insured Health Plans Report
March 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has released the first annual report of self-insured health...
COBRA Workshop to be Held in Chicago
March 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration is offering a workshop on COBRA and...
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Group Raises Multi-State Employer Concerns about Health Care Exchanges
March 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The HR Policy Association has drafted a letter to state governors regarding the potential impact...
Benefits |
Support Continues to Strengthen for Wellness Programs
March 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Companies across the United States are initiating and adopting workplace wellness programs at a higher...
IRS Issues W-2 Health Cost Reporting Guidance
March 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has issued interim employer guidance about reporting on employees’ W-2 the...
Court Moves Forward Retirees’ Case for Lifetime Benefits
March 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a case it had originally dismissed, a federal district court has now ruled that...
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More Answers on Annual & Lifetime Limits
March 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We have received a number of recent questions on the new PPACA requirements regarding annual...
Benefits |
Hospital Employers Cutting Costs in Response to Health Care Reform
March 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health systems are responding to the Affordable Care Act by consolidating operations, enhancing wellness programs,...
Benefits |
Health Coverage Outlays More than Official Reports
March 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consumers are spending $363 billion, or 14.7% more, on health care than traditionally reported in...
Benefits |
Wellness Programs Continue to Grow
March 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife’s 9th Annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends found that employers’ top three benefits objectives...
Benefits |
GAO Lays Out Ways to Encourage Health Care Enrollment
March 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – One of the most controversial – and yet to some one of...
Benefits |
Employer Contributions to HSAs, HRAs Down – Again
March 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Contributions from employers to workers’ account-based health plans declined for the second...
Benefits |
Retiree Reinsurance Program Funds May be Gone in 2011
March 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Funds the government has put aside to subsidize retiree health costs for employers may run...
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Group Suggests NYC Retirees Pay for Medicare Premiums
March 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City should require its retired public employees to pay for Medicare Part B...
SURVEY SAYS: What's Your Take on the PPACA One Year Later?
March 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A year ago today, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
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Highmark Launches Health Reform Tax Credit Calculator
March 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To help small businesses calculate the tax credits available to them under the health care...
TN Passes Bill Rejecting Health Law Mandate
March 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has signed a proposal that will allow Tennesseans to opt out...