Participant to Get Benefits for Claim not Related to Obesity Surgery
November 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma has ruled that a participant...
Tag: Healthcare
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Prescription Drug Cost Increase is Down
November 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Consulting has found that the projected prescription drug cost increase is down more than...
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Ohio Teachers Sue Pharmaceutical Contractor
November 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The State Teachers' Retirement System of Ohio (TRS) is suing Medco Health Solutions for fraud,...
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CDHP's Remain Employers' Cost Saving Choice
November 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Deloitte Center for Health Solutions survey of American employers found that 22% of US...
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Tax Advantages Make HSAs More Popular
November 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - University of Minnesota researchers have looked at various simulations of how several potential tax subsidies...
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Study Attributes Uninsured Growth to Immigrants
November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study claims the growth of the uninsured in American is largely attributable to...
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GM, UAW Reach Health Care Coverage Agreement
November 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Giant carmaker General Motors won a victory of sorts when its hourly workers signed off...
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Study Charts Workplace Health Coverage Trends
November 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The decade between 1994 and 2004 saw a significant trend reversal in health coverage, according...
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Federal Spending on Health Care Lagging Increase in Uninsured
November 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) issued five reports portraying the government's...
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Health Care Concerns Remain for Small Businesses
November 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of the Administaff Business Confidence Survey showed that cost and availability of health care...
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More Consumer-Driven Health Plans Offered in 2006
November 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Fidelity Investments study found that 45% of employers plan to offer a consumer-driven health...
Court Rejects Appeal to HIPAA Case
November 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has decided the US Department of Health and...
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Health Care Concern Greater for CEO's in US than Other Countries
November 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Conference Board's report from its survey of 658 global CEO's said that health care...
MA Expected to Propose Employer Health Care Tax
November 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week, the Massachusetts House is expected to consider legislation that would impose a payroll...
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Drug Cost Hikes Still Powering Health Coverage Expenses
October 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US employers have responded to continued price hikes in prescription drugs by redesigning drug benefits...
Little Change in Comp Costs from Prior Quarter
October 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total compensation costs remained virtually unchanged in the June to September period over the prior...
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Employers Face Challenges as Number of Foreign Workers Rise
October 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study conducted by Aetna Global Benefits (AGB) found that 41% of benefits managers say...
IRS Releases 2006 HSA Limits
October 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service released the 2006 inflation adjusted indexed numbers for tax benefits.
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Study: Health Cost Hikes Slowing
October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Milliman health care cost data show that among Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and...
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Lucent Retirees Challenge Health Coverage Changes
October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three Lucent retirees have hit the communications company with a lawsuit alleging that it did...