Benefits Think

The only way to achieve Universal Coverage is via Consumer Driven Health Care. You have to put "skin in the game" for the health care purchaser.

Following this morning's announcement of President Obama's budget proposals, which make significant investments in health care reform, benefits experts offered their opinions:

Seeing the health care reform proposals coming from Congress and states, thinking, "I could do better"? Now's your chance to show it.

Among the proposals in President Barack Obama's budget, unveiled this morning, is a measure to expand retirement plans by requiring employers that do not have such a plan to auto-enroll workers into an IRA, and modifying the existing Saver´s Credit to provide a 50% match on the first $1,000 of retirement...

I do not think the the term "Universal Healthcare" in this context means covering everyone under one government program. Accounts that I have read note that the $634B is the budget amount being given to Congress which will be charged with coming up with a plan to provide access to affordable coverage...

President Obama this morning unveiled his first budget, which includes a $634 billion down payment on achieving universal health care for Americans.

So take this with a grain of salt here everyone, because the survey data came from Delta Dental themselves, but a press release hit my inbox recently declaring the dental benefits provider is No. 1 among consumers, dentists, brokers and benefits decisionmakers.

Okay, so maybe most pension plan sponsors are already on Plan Q in terms of how to stop the blood-letting in their plans due to the economic crisis, but a recent report by Associate Editor Lydell Bridgeford on BenefitNews.com highlights analysis from Watson Wyatt sponsors may want to consider. Although...

President Barack Obama last night reaffirmed his priority to provide universal health coverage and reduce health insurance costs, declaring before the joint session of Congress that "health-care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year."

It is the responsibility of shareholders and the board of directors to set compensation for executives. A couple of other points -