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Ive long maintained that President Obamas statement on health care reform that If you like your coverage and your doctor, you can keep it, was naïve at best and an outright lie at worst.
December 3
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Yes, according to The Fund for Personal Liberty. The organization is backing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of mandatory Medicare enrollment, and says it will do the same against a national individual mandate, should such a directive be a result of health care reform legislation.
November 16
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A recent report in The Washington Post reveals that Sen. Edward Kennedy's health care reform proposal involves mandates both for employees and employers, similar to the health care system in Kennedy's home state of Massachusetts. It's no secret that employers are solidly against a mandate for businesses to chip in for the cost of health insurance, so I encourage you to make your voice heard on Sen. Kennedy's plan. According to the Post, he plans
June 1
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In a recent article written for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, authors Chuck Marr and Kris Cox suggest that "Congress should consider scaling back or eliminating health care flexible spending accounts as part of its effort to pay for health care reform." Among their reasons for deep-sixing FSAs, Marr and Cox say: * FSAs encourage excess utilization of health care. * FSAs' 'use or lose it' requirement promotes wasteful spending. * FSAs complicate
June 1
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The SPARK Institute has scheduled a webcast, "403(b) Information Sharing: Common Remitter Issues," for Friday, Dec. 19 at 12 p.m. EST. The event will include a presentation and Q&A session with experts who developed the common remitter aspects of the organization's 403(b) Plans Information Sharing...
December 16
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