IBM to Pick Up the Tab for Workers' Primary Care       November 9, 2009
News: Big Blue's move to pay all costs bucks current trends. Long considered one of the more innovative employers when it comes to its health care benefit programs, IBM's latest initiative is part of the company's ongoing advocacy of wellness ...
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Employers Seek to Limit 2010 Health Cost ...       September 14, 2009
News: Although employers try to reduce their projected cost increases every year, survey respondents say they are cutting their health care benefit budgets more than usual for 2010 because of the recession.
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Michigan Companies Attack Health Care Costs       May 27, 2009
... percent and tightening up eligibility provisions, companies in Southeast Michigan expect to hold down health care cost increases in 2009 to 5 percent, compared with ...
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Health Care Cost Inflation Appears to Slow, but ...       May 18, 2009
News: A report Monday, May 18, that health care cost inflation hit its lowest mark in three years sounds like good news ... until one takes a closer look.
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Diabetes Disease Management Pilot Program Yields ...       April 13, 2009
News: The Diabetes Ten City Challenge has yielded substantial savings for employers even after they have waived co-payments for participants and paid for individual counseling. Patients saved money and improved in several key areas associated ...
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Survey Finds Nearly 20 Percent of Employers Plan ...       March 6, 2009
News: Nineteen percent of employers responding to a new survey are planning to stop offering health benefits over the next three to five years, nearly five times as many as the 4 percent that said they were planning an exit strategy last year.
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Engineering Better Care       February 27, 2009
Feature: Automotive engineers are applying their expertise in manufacturing efficiency to health care to deliver services at a lower cost and to improve patient outcomes. (2/27/2009)
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When Times Get Tough, Even the Tough Go to the ...       January 16, 2009
Feature: Why health care costs will spike during a recession, and what employers can do about it. (1/16/2009)
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Quick Takes -- November 12, 2008       November 10, 2008
Quick Takes: A Digest of Workforce Benefits News and Events (11/10/2008)
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