House Hearing on Retiree Health Benefits Scrapped
April 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee has scrapped plans to hold a hearing on...
Tag: Healthcare
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Multinats Take Health Strategies Global
April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As obesity, work-related stress and chronic disease accelerate among the non-U.S.-based employees of multinationals, the...
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Providers Announce Repository to Analyze Effects of Health Reform
April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – HighRoads and the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), a provider of research and decision-making tools for...
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Assurant Introduces Smartphone App with Find-a-Dentist
April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assurant Employee Benefits' new smartphone application Assurant Benefit Tools consists of Find-a-Dentist, which uses GoogleMaps...
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Georgia Joins States Challenging Health Reform Bill
April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Officials announced this week that Georgia has signed onto a legal challenge to the recently...
Forms Ready in June for Employers to Claim Reimbursement of Retiree Health Claims
April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Health and Human Services says application forms will be ready in June...
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Proskauer Launches Health Care Reform Initiative
April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Global law firm Proskauer has announced the formal deployment of its Health Care Reform Initiative,...
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AUL to Market Security Life Dental and Vision Products
April 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The employee benefits division of American United Life Insurance Co. will be marketing group dental...
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Coalition Sues to Stop Implementation of Mental Health Parity Rule
April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A coalition of mental health care benefits organizations has filed a suit seeking to prevent...
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Arizona, Nevada Governors Bypass AGs to Join Healthcare Suit
April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Apparently Michigan isn’t the only state with executive branch “conflicts” over the...
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More States Join Health Reform Legal Challenge
April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five more U.S. states will join a collective lawsuit challenging the new health reform law,...
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ND Joins Lawsuit Challenging Health Reform
April 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced that he will join a federal lawsuit filed...
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The Principal Introduces Employee Health Improvement Program
April 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Principal has introduced a new health program that integrates health and wellness benefits.
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Survey Finds Employers Loyal to Value-based Design in Health Programs
April 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study confirms that employers believe the use of value-based design (VBD) in health...
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Happy National Employee Benefits Day!
April 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Odds are if you’re a regular PLANSPONSOR reader, this day is "for"...
HHS Secretary Takes First Step to Establish High-risk Insurance Pools
April 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has issued a letter...
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DoL Approves Coca-Cola Retiree Health Funding Plan
April 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Coca-Cola Co. has received final authorization from the Department of Labor for its proposal...
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Towers Watson, UnitedHealthcare Offer Retiree Health Coverage Solution
April 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Towers Watson and UnitedHealthcare have partnered to develop the Retiree Health Collaborative, a new health...
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Healthcare-Related Earnings “Hit” List Continues to Expand
April 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The list of companies reporting an earnings hit related to changes resulting from...
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Verizon Reports $970M Health Care Charge
April 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Verizon Communications Inc. said it expects to record a charge of $970 million related to...