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In a "Five Minutes With ..." podcast, Evan Inglis, chief actuary for the Vanguard Strategic Retirement Consulting group, talks with Associate Editor Lydell Bridgeford about the short- and long-term implications of the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act as it relates to pension funding relief for...

Most health records issues were resolved technically a long time ago. Remember Healtheon? No? That's disappointing, since it sprang from the same minds that created Netscape.

Calling today's White House forum on health care reform the "hottest ticket in town," President Barack Obama in his opening remarks made an ambitious promise to reform the nation's health care system by the end of the year.

Effective this week, employers no doubt want to claim credit for the federal COBRA subsidy provided in the economic stimulus law. Here's help to do just that.

From EBN's sister publication Money Management Executive: The chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging has called for more scrutiny of target-date retirement funds after several 2010 target-date funds posted huge losses in 2008.

Caps are a misguided attempt to ensure accountability. They do nothing to ensure pay back since A) many of these executives can leave and get non-exec jobs; B) many of the institutions may still fail; C) there is no tie to specific performance that ill ensure payback is made in a responsible manner....

When it comes to terminating benefits along with jobs, employers must take care to remember the two may not mix -- at least in the eyes of the legal system.

Wanna go to Mexico? Oh yeah, and learn about the benefits of medical tourism, too? The folks at the Medical Tourism Association clearly ascribe to the "seeing is believing" mantra, as they're offering to pay full costs -- airfare, hotel and other travel expenses -- for any employer who wants to attend...

I actually made a post about the issue and my feelings are nothing personal, but I question do we have people at the top that have enough "specific" or first hand knowledge to handle the office responsibilities as it has changed tremendously over the years, not the same job it used to be.

While I agree there should be regulations regarding the use of tax payer's money that is given to these institutions (let´s not forget that this is our money bailing out these poorly ran companies), capping compensation may not be best use of that authority. Part of the problem that got use here is...