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The W-2 is required by law to be furnished to every employee, (by even the smallest business) no later the January 31st, many employers work hard to get it out in the first week so employee can get their tax refund faster. This will slow down the process, and there is no way you can explain all the different...

This is a very bad idea during the busy tax season and creates administrative problems for employers. Employees can be informed of the health care costs in numerous other ways. If the government is interested in learning more information about how employers handle healthcare and the cost paid for each...

Thsi is not the way to create better consumers. It appear the both the government and the companies that process payroll might benefit from the extra workload that this process would create. Business are not looking for ways to spend more on behalf of their employees in this economy.

Thanks for this post. Really important to think about the implications of those rising deductibles while employees' are struggling with finances. I just posted about that here: http://www.benzcommunications.com/blog/average-deductible-1000

Great post! It is especially important that employees understand the combination of premiums + out-of-pocket costs during enrollment. Picking the low-cost option may mean big out-of-pocket expenses next year, and that may be a bad combination for low-income employees.

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Kelley, Thank you for the good wishes. It has been a pleasure to work with EBN since its creation, and to have participated in the first and many subsequent EBN Benefit's expo's. While our 30th truely is news you cannot use, we now have 30 years of work available at www.ebri.org , as you point out....

What number should we show? One suggestion is the COBRA amount, or maybe a per capita amount? COBRA is an average for all individuals in that option. Wouldn't a more accurate number reflect more variables, age, location, etc.?

Stress needs to be dealt with... the employees who are fortunate enough to have an EAP should use them!

I hate to say it, but this is part and parcel of actions like (1)dumping pensions to the PBGC during bankruptcies (started by United Airlines) and (2) the of lack statutes requiring employers who are off-shoring large operations to provide meaningful workforce and community remdiation as part of their...