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A report from Haldy McIntosh and Associates for Medco finds 60% of plan sponsors believe that specialty medications are the leading driver of spending growth. This is a sharp increase over last year's survey, where only 25% of respondents shared this view.

People typically have well-meaning aspirations when it comes to setting their New Year´s resolutions. Actually sticking to those resolutions is of course more difficult. The personal health coaches at Gordian Health Solutions are sharing their tips for keeping 10 common new year´s resolutions. According...

The ongoing recession already has affected employees, as the number of employers implementing layoffs and hiring and salary freezes has risen sharply in the last two months, according to a new survey from Watson Wyatt, and the cuts likely will continue into next year, the consulting firm finds.

Effective Jan. 1, employers will be required to submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Social Security numbers for covered workers and dependents to comply with a new federal mandate. You've been hearing about this for months, but if you're like us, there's no time like the last minute!...

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A new survey from ISCEBS and Towers Perrin indicates that employers are considering bold changes in 2009 to rein in retiree medical costs.

Unemployment statistics are irrelevant as Kelley Butler said (and considering that various nations measure the statistic differently). More meaningful is "at-will" employment in the States that isn't replicated in other countries. More telling is the larger relative severance given to U.S. top execs...

The Daily Diversion will take a much-needed holiday break Dec. 22-Dec. 26. New posts will resume Monday, Dec. 29. The EBN/DD staff wishes all readers a safe and happy holiday season.

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Research from TMP Worldwide has tapped into what new grads want from a job. Despite the recession and a corporate environment where layoffs abound, "just lucky to have a job" is not an attitude young workers appear willing to take. On new grads' list of "never, ever will I ever" job points, according...