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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Health Plan Taxes, Cap on FSAs Under Discussion ...       September 10, 2009
News: Commercial health insurance companies and administrators of self-funded health care plans would have to pay an excise tax of 35 percent on health care plans whose costs exceed a certain level under a draft health care reform proposal.
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Heath Savings Account Balances Increase for ...       August 13, 2009
News: First-quarter contributions climbed slightly for both employers and employees.
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Michigan Companies Attack Health Care Costs       May 27, 2009
Feature: By making such plan design changes as increasing median co-insurance to 15 percent from 10 percent and tightening up eligibility provisions, companies in Southeast Michigan expect to hold down health care cost increases in 2009 to 5 perc...
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Maximum Health Savings Account Contribution to Rise ...       May 18, 2009
News: The maximum contributions that can be made to health savings accounts in 2010 will increase, as will the minimum deductible imposed by health insurance plans linked to HSAs.
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Health Savings Account Enrollment Continues to Rise ...       May 15, 2009
News: Enrollment in health savings accounts linked to high-deductible health insurance plans continues to surge, with 8 million people covered by HSAs as of January 1, a 31 percent annual increase.
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Recession Will Cause More Health Cost Shifting       May 1, 2009
News: The recession likely will boost group health care costs higher than employers anticipated, leading more organizations to shift more costs to employees and adopt lower-cost consumer-driven health plans, a survey finds.
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Planning for Benefits During a Divestiture       February 2, 2009
Feature: When a business unit is going to be divested, the time to plan for the new entity's benefits is sooner rather than later. (2/2/2009)
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More California Employers Offering CDHPs       December 22, 2008
News: A recent survey has found that 38 percent of employers in the nation's most populous state now offer high-deductible health plans to their employees, up from 18 percent in 2007.
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