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Will the umpteeth time be the charm on efforts to reform the nation's health care system? Congress gets down to work this week tackling the difficult task of drafting universal coverage legislation by this summer.
Yessss! Finally, the news I've been waiting for — thank you, Aon!
I know the last six months or so have been rough for you, pros, and you deserve a long vacation and a big bonus. I can't give you that, but I can offer you the opportunity to get some applause, a pretty cool trophy and a decent-sized check for a job well done.
As the recession drags on, more employers are reducing or eliminating their matching 401(k) contributions. A new report from Mercer, "Suspending the 401(k) match – Look before you leap," cautions employers to have a full understanding of the implications and potential pitfalls of taking this step.
Samuel Clemens wrote in 1897 "The report of my death was an exaggeration." Hopefully, the same can be said about the death of the 401(k), writes former EBN Contributing Editor Richard Quinn in a web-exclusive commentary for BenefitNews.com.
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April is Earth Month (Earth Day is April 22) and May is Direct Deposit Month, so use both as an opportunity to help save the planet and your company bottom line.
Mark your calendars, pros, so you can join us EBNers in Atlanta Sept. 13-15 for our 22nd annual Benefits Forum & Expo. In addition to keynote speakers financial guru Dave Ramsey and former HHS secretary Michael Leavitt, you won't want to miss breakout sessions led by our great slate of speakers, including…
I am not seeing a decrease or stoppage in outsourcing. I am seeing many clients revisiting the scope of services to determine if the scope should be expanded, if more focus should be given to further self-service functionality and how further productivity gains can be achieved. In some cases clients…
Today's retirement confidence numbers show how nervous employees are about securing their financial futures. But even before the recession, workers weren't exactly financial Einsteins. Now that economic conditions are working even more against them, this month's National Financial Literacy Month comes…
You should check the settlement terms and you will find the AWP adjustment applies to about 1442 NDCs. FDB and Medi-Span independent of the settlement announced they will adjust AWPs for all other NDCs who's markup is greater than 1.20 (about 15-20K NDCs).
EBRI's annual barometer of Americans' retirement confidence shows the recession has worn away workers' assuredness that their golden years will be happy, healthy and financially secure.
On March 30, a District Court in Massachusetts made a final judgment to approve a class-action setlement involving First Databank and Medi-Span, two major publishers of drug pricing information.
We are seeing more activity to recompete currently outsourced deals and less initiative to outsource for the first time. I'd also say that, surprisingly, some larger organizations that outsourced functions years ago are revisiting the business case and evaluating insourcing those functions.
This likely won't come as much of a surprise, unfortunately, but new survey numbers from Aon show 60% of employers expect their overall health care costs to increase as a result of implementing the federal COBRA subsidy.
I know you have your hands full to overflowing in dealing with the COBRA subsidy, but I wanted to let you know the government is providing extra resources on another important subsidy for benefit pros: the Medicare Part D subsidy.
I agree with Helen´s assessment on health & welfare outsourcing deals for first timers, it will be more difficult to justify outsourcing. However we are seeing an increase in the number of companies who have already outsourced going back to market to see if they can improve service levels (or maintaining…
This article is bad. It doesn't tell you anything and I have had to click through twice to find out it had no content and was led to click again to listen to a podcast. Thanks but no thanks!
A new survey of 1,002 Americans by Econ4U shows how Americans are responding to the financial crisis. And although respondents appear to be saving more, the overall outlook is pretty cloudy.
Us EBNers got a little nervous this week, after one of us received an e-mail blast screaming of a "Material Error in DOL New Model Notice for COBRA Subsidy."