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Benefits | July 11th, 2005

Creative Solutions Needed for Issue of Aging Baby Boomers

July 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UnumProvident has issued a report addressing the health and productivity issues employers will face as...

Benefits | July 8th, 2005

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...

Benefits | July 6th, 2005

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...

Benefits | July 1st, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 30th, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 29th, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 27th, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 24th, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 23rd, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 22nd, 2005

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,...

Benefits | June 21st, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 21st, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 17th, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 15th, 2005

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,...

Benefits | June 14th, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 14th, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 13th, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 9th, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 9th, 2005

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...

Benefits | June 8th, 2005

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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