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Health care costs for SD employers up 6.1% from '04 23 Nov 2005
Employers surveyed said they are going to use programs to improve employee health and encourage responsible health spending by employees to control costs in ...
- San Diego Union Tribune,
Corrections and clarifications 23 Nov 2005
17 on Page D1 about Fairview Health Services' employee health plan options inaccurately suggested that employees must meet out-of-pocket maximums before ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),
Tehachapi News 23 Nov 2005
According to Warner, a survey of other member agencies of similar size indicates that employee health benefits are paid for at 100 percent and dependents ...
- Tehachapi News,
Falling in love (with work) all over again 23 Nov 2005
It has addressed employee health needs by providing mountain bikes, massage chairs and a gym for mid-day fitness breaks and, on a nice day, employees organize ...
- Globe and Mail,
Support staff pact approved 23 Nov 2005
...“It was a very comprehensive study,� she says. The employee health care contribution will be phased in over length of the contract. ...
- Carlisle Sentinel,
Budget crisis forcec cutbacks at CCAC 23 Nov 2005
A major concern is the rise in employee health care costs which have risen by 37 percent, 9 percent and an estimated 3 percent over each of the past three ...
- Gateway Newspapers
Anthem ordered to repay $23.7 million to Medicare clients 23 Nov 2005
...she said, noting that the state acted only a few weeks after Anthem filed suit over Kentucky's selection of Humana to administer employee health benefits. ...
- Louisville Courier-Journal,
Young and Uninsured 23 Nov 2005
Last year, California voters were presented with Proposition 72, a referendum that would have expanded employee health coverage throughout the state. ...
- AlterNet,
Sewer bills will rise 16% to offset Sappi downsizing 23 Nov 2005
Paul reported that since the last rate increase, operating costs have risen dramatically, particularly in the areas of employee health care and pensions. ...
- Muskegon Chronicle,
Interstate to consolidate retail operations 23 Nov 2005
22, 2004, citing numerous issues such as declining sales, high operational costs, and rising employee health care and pension costs. ...
- Memphis Business Journal,
Teachers, board OK new deal 23 Nov 2005
Salaries are due to increase by 3.9 percent next year, but with additional work time combined with employee health care contributions, the average salary ...
- Gateway Newspapers
Solanco School District and Solanco Education Association Ratify ... 23 Nov 2005
Lancaster County. The contract does include increased contributions from teachers for their employee health care benefits. The contract ...
- SolancoNews.com,
Local activists take Wal-Mart to task during screening 23 Nov 2005
The film chronicles Wal-Mart's alleged transgressions from not providing proper employee health care to ignoring security issues in their parking lots to union ...
- Ardmore Main Line Life,
Strike continues; no talks scheduled 23 Nov 2005
...verbal offer. Essentially, employee health insurance has been the major issue in the talks that have been under way for months. The ...
- The Southern,
Insurers use personalized statements to improve employee health ... Nov 12, 2005
Slick personalized messages aren't just a method used by trendy consumer-driven health plans. More and more insurers are applying ...
- Benefitnews.com,
Wal-Mart Revises Employee Health Benefits, Will Offer Lower-Cost ... Oct 24, 2005
Wal-Mart is introducing a new employee health plan, called Value Plan, that will have lower premiums and health savings accounts, the New York Times reports ...
- Kaiser network.org,
Wal-Mart's Prescription for Employee Health Care is Bad Medicine ... Oct 27, 2005
The American Association of Employees and Self-Employed Persons (“AAESEP�) issued an “Employee Alert� today in response to a proposed plan by Wal-Mart ...
- Emediawire (press release),
Wall Street Journal Examines Employee Health Programs at Dow ... Oct 24, 2005
...stress levels. In each of 13 regions, health staff members develop at least two goals for employee health from six categories. The ...
- Kaiser network.org,
Employee health care education a must Nov 4, 2005
It doesn't take satellite surveillance or special ops forces to reveal the truth: employers are under fire from double-digit health insurance inflation. ...
- Pittsburgh Business Times,
Metropolitan Police saves £30m by managing employee health Oct 25, 2005
Personnel Today25 October 2005 00:00This article first appeared in Personnel Today magazine. Subscribe online and save 20%. The ...
- PersonnelToday.com,
Newspaper Articles Address Wal-Mart Employee Health Benefits ... Nov 6, 2005
According to opponents, among other criticisms, Wal-Mart "dumps employee health costs onto taxpayers," but supporters maintain that company practices have ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
Active Ergonomics To Participate At Poyner & Spruill Employee ... Oct 25, 2005
RALEIGH, NC – Shannon Powell, President of Active Ergonomics, Inc., has announced that the company will participate in the Poyner & Spruill, LLP Rocky Mount ...
- dBusinessNews Triangle (press release),
County to self-insure for employee health plan Oct 30, 2005
By JoAn Bjarko. Larimer County is combating rising health insurance premiums by opting to self-insure rather than paying millions ...
- North Forty News,
GM plans 30,000 job cuts Nov 22, 2005
In recent weeks, financial markets have become nervous that GM might be heading toward collapse due to soaring employee health-care costs and a fast-eroding ...
- National Post,
New Wal-Mart Fitness Policy Breaks Ground for Employee Health Oct 27, 2005
By Ion Zwitter, Avant News Editor. Wal-Mart's new employee fitness program has been a "dazzling success" in the first three months ...
- Avant News (satire),
Committee questions employee health insurance benefits in Alma Nov 6, 2005
An Alma common council committee says the city cannot afford to honor a 1999 agreement to pay 100 percent of employee health, life, disability and dental ...
- Winona Daily News,
Business owner wants to promote employee health Nov 1, 2005
I own my own business and strongly believe that having healthy employees is good for my company in terms of its expenses for health insurance and overall ...
- WVEC.com (subscription),
Report: OMB should increase health care cost estimates for job ... Nov 21, 2005
...costs for FEHBP and the annual average premium increases announced for FEHBP health insurance plans indicates that civilian employee health benefit costs have ...
- GovExec.com
Chance to save on school insurance Nov 20, 2005
Imagine what the savings could be statewide, where $2.3 billion annually is spent on school employee health insurance. The idea has a foothold in Lansing. ...
- The Grand Rapids Press,
New health plans shift burden Nov 20, 2005
Notably absent from this push so far are public employees. The State Employee Health Benefits program does not offer a high-deductible health plan. ...
- NorthJersey.com,
Medicare D can cause headaches Nov 20, 2005
I've worked on the design and administration of employee health insurance plans. I have some insight into how these things work. ...
- Jackson Sun,
BENEFIT COSTS REVEALED Nov 8, 2005
...their employees.�. Local companies large and small have been reformulating and fine-tuning their employee health plans. Employers ...
- Kansas City Star,
New health secretary is named Nov 22, 2005
Last October, Birdwhistell and CHA Health were at the center of a conflict-of-interest investigation involving Fletcher's public-employee health care plan. ...
- Kentucky.com,
School board agrees to cap health benefits if all employees agree ... Nov 22, 2005
...of Westwood School District and principal at Westwood High, stated during a brief review of the 2005-06 budget that employee health benefit costs almost match ...
- Lassen County News,
GM struggling most with high health care costs Nov 22, 2005
112,000. The money-losing company ‹ about $4 billion so far this year ‹ claims it is paying too much for employee health care. ...
- Oakland Press,
City considering trust to manage health insurance Nov 21, 2005
By Carol Cole. The City of Norman is considering establishing a health insurance trust to manage the burgeoning expense of employee health benefits. ...
- Norman Transcript,
Health insurance: budget trouble fuel Nov 22, 2005
...much of the town's fiscal woes. The town now spends $3.1 million on employee health insurance. Healthcare costs are tied to collective ...
- Beacon Villager,
Workplace health programs pay dividends Nov 19, 2005
...frequent and simple" prevention messages delivered to employees and regular health education classes can all contribute to better employee health, said Matson ...
- Middle East North Africa Financial Network,
Health Fitness Announces Its Third Quarter 2005 Results and an ... Nov 16, 2005
Health Management Program Services include revenue derived from providing employee health risk assessments, biometric screening services, health data ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Keeping Tabs Nov 22, 2005
...country. JobTracker also compiles statistics about OSHA (employee health and safety) violations, and national labor law violations. ...
- TomPaine.com,
Around Evanston, millions struggle to find health care Nov 22, 2005
April. During the year she worked at Veridian, the Evanston resident set aside $91 every two weeks for employee health benefits. ...
- The Daily Northwestern
Senate wants oversight on reserve fund Nov 21, 2005
University Senate members are trying to make sure that no more money from the employee health insurance reserve fund is transferred without their permission. ...
- College Heights Herald (subscription),
Fake Flu Shots At Employee Health Fair Probed Oct 29, 2005
BAYTOWN, Texas -- Fake flu shots were given out last week at a health fair at Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Baytown complex and an investigation was underway ...
- Hartford Courant,
Active Ergonomics To Participate At Poyner & Spruill Employee ... Oct 28, 2005
RALEIGH, NC – Shannon Powell, President of Active Ergonomics, Inc., has announced that the company will participate in the Poyner & Spruill, LLP Raleigh ...
- PR Leap (press release),
GUEST EDITORIAL Nov 18, 2005
...legislation immediately. The legislation will impact current employee health programs and future employee retirement benefits. The ...
- Adrian Daily Telegram,
Supreme Court rules for county in Stokan case Nov 16, 2005
The resolution stated, in part, that "the premium for the county employee health care benefit plan, as it may be constituted from time to time, shall be paid ...
- Huron Daily Tribune,
Workers' compensation costs drop Nov 21, 2005
Coupled with the $68 million cost for employee health care and $4.8 million in short- and long-term disability premiums, its health-related costs total $102.8 ...
- North County Times,
County employees to bear brunt of insurance changes Nov 10, 2005
The Clark County Fiscal Court Wednesday morning approved changes to employee health insurance policies for 2006 in order to reduce the increase in premiums ...
- Winchester Sun,
Is Big Brother Watching? Nov 22, 2005
...of snooping around the internet to find out the latest on the pending federal pay raise or my inquiries regarding the federal employee health insurance open ...
- FedSmith.com
UAW OKs health care pact with GM Nov 11, 2005
The health care agreement is projected to reduce GM's costs for retiree health care by $15 billion and its annual employee health care expense by about $3 ...
- Dayton Business Journal,
Anxiety Over Medicare Part D By InsideIndianaBusiness.com Report Nov 21, 2005
As indicated in the previous article, if you are covered under the Veteran’s Affairs (VA) or the Federal Employee Health Benefits program (FEHB), you do not ...
- Inside INdiana Business (press release),
Your Job May Be Making You Sick Nov 18, 2005
...and depression. According to the researchers, the results indicate that employee health intervention systems are essential. They ...
- Newsinferno.com,
Worksite Health Programs Are Good Business Investment Nov 17, 2005
...and simple� prevention messages delivered to employees and regular health education classes can all contribute to better employee health, Matson Koffman and ...
- Newswise (press release)
N.Ky. workers absorb health costs Nov 18, 2005
ERLANGER - Northern Kentucky companies have significantly reduced contributions to employee health insurance in recent years, according to a survey released ...
- Cincinnati Enquirer,
Wal-Mart employees air complaints at Capitol Nov 18, 2005
...who works in the hardware department at the Wallingford supercenter, believes Wal-Mart doesn’t put enough of that money into employee health-benefit plans. ...
- New Britain Herald,
Research reveals that dissatisfaction at work causes illness Nov 18, 2005
The research, which analyses over 250,000 individuals, reveals that job satisfaction critically influences employee health and that dissatisfaction at work ...
- Lancaster University Management School,
FSSA privatization cost may top $1 billion Nov 21, 2005
The state’s largest current contract is for $490.8 million to Anthem Insurance Companies of Indianapolis for a state employee health maintenance organization ...
- Decatur Daily Democrat,
Republican Policies and Evangelical Right Wing Extremists Are ... Nov 21, 2005
...by Rob Kall. It's well known that GM has been dealing with a cost of over $1500 per car in employee health insurance alone. We know ...
- OpEdNews
Congress working on cuts to Medicare, Medicaid Nov 21, 2005
...the health coverage plan offered to state employees, the largest state private health maintenance organization plan or the Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan ...
- CCH
Workplace health programs pay dividends Nov 19, 2005
...frequent and simple prevention messages delivered to employees and regular health education classes can all contribute to better employee health, said Matson ...
- Webindia123,
Jail expansion moving ahead Nov 22, 2005
Approved a $7,500 advance from a county flexible spending account line to an employee health insurance line. This is a repayment of an earlier action. ...
- Tiffin Advertiser Tribune,
Calling It Quits Nov 21, 2005
Wal-Mart and General Motors have been in the news recently for their efforts to cut the costs of their employee health insurance. ...
- TomPaine.com,
Local health-care costs continue to rise Nov 15, 2005
Total employee health-care spending, which includes the average employee contribution and out-of-pocket costs, is expected to be $2,423 in St. ...
- St. Louis Business Journal,
State workers to get insurance 'holiday' Nov 14, 2005
But even with lower-than-average increases, the state is still collecting more money than is needed to cover employee health expenses. ...
- Rutland Herald,
Health Care Tax Credits: Designing an Alternative to Employer ... Nov 8, 2005
By far the largest portion of the personal income tax exclusion ($101 billion) went to the employer exclusion for employee health care benefits.[5] The current ...
- Heritage.org,
Political notebook Nov 21, 2005
...to show their support and be on hand in case the council had any questions about why he always supported a $1-a-year contribution for employee health benefits. ...
- Gary Post Tribune,
County insurance confusion worries some employees Nov 21, 2005
Shelby County is working to get to the bottom of a government employee health insurance mixup that has some wondering if they are covered. ...
- WMC-TV,
How the (House) employer mandate works Nov 17, 2005
Each dollar that a firm already pays for employee health insurance will be deducted from this surcharge. If a firm already pays ...
- Blue Mass. Group,
Health Care Pools Nov 15, 2005
...employees. Their interest in the issue was proper: Employee health insurance costs the state's school districts about $2.1 billion. ...
- Detroit Free Press,
Unified's health plan contract needs change Oct 27, 2005
Allow necessary employee information to be released for employee health insurance bids, thus opening competitive health insurance coverage bidding for the ...
- Journal Times Online,
Council debates wages versus health care costs Oct 25, 2005
...cuts if they want to balance the budget, council members looked at other options -- including decreasing the amount the city pays for employee health insurance ...
- Craig Daily Press,
US Could Be Losing $4 Billion a Year in Workforce Productivity Due ... Oct 25, 2005
Employee health and well-being directly linked to corporate bottom-line; study emphasizes need for risk factor prevention NEW YORK, Oct. ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Health insurance steamroller slows Nov 6, 2005
So, this year, T&T increased deductibles from $1,000 to $2,000 on its employee health insurance plan and started making employees pay 25 percent of the ...
- El Paso Times,
Welfare privatizing cost put at $1 billion Nov 19, 2005
...of Indianapolis for a state employee health maintenance organization for the four years that began Jan. 1, 2003. The next largest is $264.4 million to St. ...
- Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,
Welfare overhaul may cost state $1 billion Nov 19, 2005
The state’s largest contract is for $490.8 million to Anthem Insurance Companies of Indianapolis for a state employee health maintenance organization for the ...
- Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,
WORKER, WALLET WELLNESS Nov 6, 2005
...“A lot of our employer groups are asking for this type of information.�. Employee health or sickness is a matter of real dollars these days. ...
- Scranton Times,
LESLEY SAWRIE: Wellness programs combat health care costs Nov 7, 2005
In addition, the system identifies the potential annual health claims expense savings employers may achieve by working to enhance employee health and reduce ...
- Shreveport Times,
New Clients Fuel Rapid Growth for Gordian Health Solutions Nov 3, 2005
...offering the best employee benefit of all -- better health." The Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan (MCHCP), that state's employee health insurance program ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Employees At Casinos Getting New Health Plans Nov 4, 2005
The region's two casinos are again altering their employee health-care plans in attempts to stem rising costs. Mohegan Sun will ...
- TheDay (subscription),
New Clients Fuel Rapid Growth for Gordian Health Solutions Nov 3, 2005
The Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan (MCHCP), that state’s employee health insurance program, began implementation of its program in October. ...
- Emediawire (press release),
American Construction Benefits Group Helps Construction Companies ... Nov 9, 2005
..."I, like many of us in the industry, had become very frustrated by the skyrocketing costs of employee health benefits," said Steve Heussner, President of ...
- Send2Press (press release),
Council approves pay hikes Nov 9, 2005
...didn't know City Council was struggling to find money for employee raises; nor did she know it considered increasing employee health insurance contributions as ...
- Craig Daily Press,
FSIP RULES FOR AGENCY ON SEVEN OF EIGHT ISSUES Nov 21, 2005
Employee Health and Fitness: The union sought up to three hours per week for employees “to voluntarily participate in wellness/fitness activities if their ...
- FedNews-Online,
Connecticut’s Civil Union Statute: Effect on Employers Oct 26, 2005
Any discussion of the application of state law to employee health benefit plans requires an understanding of the basic principle of ERISA preemption. ...
- Mondaq News Alerts,
Viral meningitis diagnosed in school employee Nov 18, 2005
...viral meningitis. Susan Bayliss, director of health services for the district, refused to comment on the employee's health. In April ...
- Beaumont Enterprise,
WAL-MART STILL DOESN'T GET IT. Oct 26, 2005
Moreover, it's much easier for the company to quietly adjust its own contributions to employee health downward, a fact sneakily acknowledged by the memo ...
- New Republic,
Keeping insurance costs bearable Oct 26, 2005
It's the time of year when many companies are about to find out what their employee health-insurance plan will cost starting Jan. 1. ...
- Puget Sound Business Journal,
Wal-Mart: A symptom of US problems? Nov 9, 2005
It outlined possible strategies for increasing stockholder returns, primarily by holding down its expenditures for employee health care, all this while ...
- Pasadena Star-News,
Gazette opinion: Simple, quick first step needed now on school ... Nov 19, 2005
...be honored. Energy costs and employee health insurance costs are soaring for schools as they are for other businesses. Schweitzer ...
- Billings Gazette,
US Could Be Losing $4 Billion a Year in Workforce Productivity Due ... Oct 25, 2005
...work. The study proves corporate-driven employee health and well-being programs lead to greater organizational productivity. According ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
MINES & Associates Announces The Launch Of Its Redesigned Website ... Nov 17, 2005
Employee health promotion, employee assistance programs and utilization of other non-medical resources, when appropriate, are essential ways to combat the ...
- Eworldwire (press release),
24,000 Delphi jobs at risk Nov 17, 2005
The company would not release details on its new health care proposal, but said the proposal improves active employee health care and includes a defined ...
- Detroit Free Press,
Insurance perk gets nod Nov 17, 2005
Starting Jan. 1, the city will pay a maximum of $850 a month for an employee's health, dental, vision and other insurance. That ...
- Press-Enterprise (subscription),
Calling in sick, while at work 03 Oct 2005
...cost-effectiveness of corporate clinics, benefits experts say some employers who have had medical centers for several years have cut employee health costs by ...
- Los Angeles Times
Bosses worried sick about absence 03 Oct 2005
...practices," he said. "Organisations must begin to understand how management practices impact employee health," he added. In spite ...
- Management-Issues
Shaping up 03 Oct 2005
Medtronic Sofamor Danek has long taken an interest in employee health, but a half-million-dollar fitness center is a commitment that Jim McDermid says the ...
- commercialappeal.com (subscription)
Harvey promises to keep tighter rein on city spending, widen ... 03 Oct 2005
They include uniting with other municipalities to purchase employee health insurance and road salt; creating a chief financial officer to replace the two ...
- Boston Globe
Employers feeling the pain of poor worker health, but concern not ... Sep 29, 2005
..."Organizations must begin to understand how management practices impact employee health." Organizations fail to track rising disability costs In spite of ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release)
Priority Health ranks first for employee health plans Sep 13, 2005
By Kathleen Longcore. WEST MICHIGAN -- The country's leading evaluator of health plans has named Priority Health at the top of 80 ...
- The Grand Rapids Press
New state employee health plan continues current benefits Sep 6, 2005
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Ernie Fletcher announced the 2006 state health insurance plan today, a plan that seemed better received than ...
- Kentucky.com
State to launch new employee health plan in January Sep 6, 2005
The Kentucky Employees Health Plan, a new statewide employee health insurance plan, will become available Jan. 1, 2006. The plan ...
- Louisville Business First
New state employee health plan continues current benefits Sep 6, 2005
It was better received than last year's, which exploded in controversy and prompted teachers and public school employees to threaten a statewide strike. ...
- WKYT
Allegan County studies additional employee health plan Sep 16, 2005
By Greg Chandler. ALLEGAN COUNTY -- With a third consecutive year of double-digit percentage increases in health insurance premiums ...
- The Grand Rapids Press
Some Employers Take Action to Control Costs and Minimize Cost ... Sep 28, 2005
...of health -- employers and employees together managing the money, managing the vendors and providers, and sharing a commitment to the value of employee health ...
- Business Wire (press release)
More Companies Investing in Employee Health Sep 2, 2005
Although many businesses are asking employees to shoulder more of the financial burden for their own health care, others are encouraging healthy behavior. ...
- Safety.BLR.com (press release)
Wellness programs help keep firms fit Sep 27, 2005
The programs identify lifestyle behaviors that can contribute to poor health as well as help pinpoint employee health risks for ailments such as heart disease ...
- Kansas City Star
Top Washington PR Professionals Honored at 37th Annual Thoth ... Sep 30, 2005
...for "Employee Health: Who Can You Afford to Be Without?" for Comprehensive Health Services Crisis Communications/Issues Management Category -- Thoth -- Edelman ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Health Care Is Biggest Business Cost Concern, New Buck Consultants ... Sep 27, 2005
...costs are employees' attitude that they are entitled to benefits, employees' insensitivity to the real cost of health care, and poor employee health habits and ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Site Administrator Sep 30, 2005
GlaxoSmithKline in Crawley are looking for an administrator with at least 3 years’ experience to work with the Employee Health Management team for 15 hours a ...
- ic Croydon
Employers get help with insurance Sep 29, 2005
Missouri employers have a new product for employee health insurance that uses the power of group purchasing to offer cost-effective rates without red tape and ...
- News-Leader.com
Workers get wage increase Oct 2, 2005
...year. The contracts approved Wednesday also dictate that the city pays more for employee health insurance for the two unions. The ...
- Sun-Sentinel.com
County looks to save costs on health care Sep 25, 2005
...a share of the premiums. About $13.5 million has been budgeted for employee health care this year. While most workers in neighboring ...
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
CHD Meridian Healthcare Opens On-site Corporate Health Centers for ... Sep 27, 2005
We also see this new employee benefit as a way to engage and retain quality employees, increase employee health and productivity and possibly reduce health ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Project to help small businesses provide employee health insurance Aug 31, 2005
Capital Health Plan's board of directors has agreed to take part in a project that will help small businesses in the Tallahassee area provide health insurance ...
- Tallahassee Democrat
Schools, teachers agree on contract Oct 2, 2005
...experience. The town's contribution to employee health plans will drop from 90 percent to 80 percent over the life of the contract. ...
- Boston Globe
BREAST CANCER: The invisible killer Oct 1, 2005
Also, most states ensure that private insurance companies, Medicaid and public employee health plans provide coverage and reimbursement for the early detection ...
- Norman Transcript
Huckabee uses hurricanes to drive home health argument Sep 29, 2005
Starbucks Coffee Co. spends more on health care than coffee. "Both of them are finding it costs more to take care of their employee health care than it does ...
- Sioux City Journal
Aetna Launches Business Services Discount Program for Small ... Sep 29, 2005
...said. "Now we're saving money on both employee health benefits and payroll expenses. I'd sum it up as a 'win-win,'" she added. Another ...
- TMCnet (press release)
New state employee health plan continues current benefits Sep 6, 2005
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Gov. Ernie Fletcher announced the 2006 state health insurance plan Tuesday, a plan that seemed better received ...
- WKYT
City's plan for health insurance on agenda Sep 17, 2005
The Henderson City Commission will wrestle once again with a proposed overhaul of the employee health care plan when it meets in a workshop Tuesday. ...
- Henderson Gleaner
Suffolk to vote on improved health care Sep 26, 2005
..."Some 'big-box' stores are notorious for shifting costs of employee health benefits to the Medicaid program," he said in a statement yesterday. ...
- Newsday
Waiving health coverage aids workers, businesses Sep 18, 2005
Family Foundation. The study found that on average employers pay more than $8,000 annually for each employee's health plan. So even ...
- San Diego Union Tribune
Q&A with Royal Oak mayoral candidates Sep 29, 2005
Solutions to high (pre-existing) employee health care and retiree costs are needed to ensure that resident service losses will be avoidable. ...
- Clawson Mirror
DrugMax Expands Worksite Pharmacy(SM) Business Sep 26, 2005
...we have had penetrating the worksite pharmacy arena and underscores the strength of our offering to address increasing health costs and employee health issues. ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Gilliam: A fair, fiscally prudent offer Sep 29, 2005
In addition, StarTran pays 100 percent of employee health benefits and 90 percent of dependent benefits, a much better deal than what's available to most ...
- Austin American-Statesman (subscription)
Suffolk County, NY, Approves Measure That Would Require Large ... Sep 28, 2005
Lawmakers in Suffolk County, NY, on Tuesday voted 17-1 to approve a bill that would require large, nonunionized grocery retailers in the county to contribute ...
- Kaiser network.org
Small Business Owners Can Reduce Health Benefits Costs Sep 26, 2005
AccountingWEB.com - September 27, 2005 - Rate increases for employee health insurance, which rose again in 2005 – 9.8 percent as opposed to the whopping 11.2 ...
- Accountingweb.com
Separate health insurance from jobs Sep 27, 2005
When US companies move jobs to China or India or Mexico, they don't get just cheaper labor. They escape the steep and rising cost of employee health care. ...
- DesMoinesRegister.com
Companies offer workers deals to stay healthy Sep 25, 2005
...one of the rare businesses that has been paying the full cost of employee health insurance — put limits on its generous policy last year. ...
- San Antonio Express (subscription)
National Business Group on Health Announces Public Comment Period ... Sep 30, 2005
30 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Business Group on Health and their Council on Employee Health and Productivity (CEHP) announced the beginning of a Public ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
Green Building Practices Growing Sep 30, 2005
When asked about the motivation behind implementing green policies, facility managers reported concern for improved employee health and productivity, cost ...
- Chief Engineer
Health-care costs for colleges and their employees rose by 10% ... Sep 27, 2005
The cost of employee health care increased 10 percent, on average, for the vast majority of colleges and universities in 2005, according to the results of a ...
- Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
LRMC Sees Big Drop in Profits Oct 1, 2005
...percent salary increase. Employee health insurance costs, increasing by 7.2 percent, will be $26.3 million. The hospital's lease ...
- The Ledger
Fuel prices, bankruptcies top business news this week Oct 1, 2005
Chapter 11 protection allows the airlines to cut wages, layoff employees and make changes to employee health benefit plans and pension plans. ...
- Clinton Sampson Independent
Missouri Program to Help Identify Employees' Health Risks Sep 22, 2005
...program, known as Lifestyle Ladder, is a component of the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan (MCHCP), state government's employee health insurance program. ...
- Kansas City infoZine
Town budget calls for tax increase: Supervisor attributes costs to ... Sep 28, 2005
Tonawanda Supervisor Ron Moline attributed a projected 5 percent property tax increase for homeowners to continued increases in employee health care benefits ...
- Tonawanda News
County listens to task forces Sep 25, 2005
...the health care benefits." Lane County's risk and benefits manager investigated this option and found that the state of Oregon's employee health care plan is ...
- The Register-Guard
Mid-Way, union ratify contract Sep 28, 2005
In addition, the union was asking for a 95 percent-5 percent employer-employee health insurance cost split with no employer cap -- a provision too open-ended ...
- Stockton Record
City officials say they're halfway to fixing budget Sep 28, 2005
Schlice heads the employee health committee, which was formed to find ways to reduce the amount of increase in health insurance spending. ...
- Stevens Point Journal
$33 million city budget includes employee pay raise Sep 29, 2005
Included in that figure is $143,747 in increased retirement benefits and a 5-percent increase in employee health insurance costs. ...
- Southeast Sun
Increased expenses misrepresented Sep 17, 2005
...important points. When the budget was presented, the city assigned a cost of $12,840 for each employee's health insurance. When ...
- Henderson Gleaner
District braces for contract talks Sep 26, 2005
Funding from the state is declining because enrollment is shrinking. At the same time, costs for employee health benefits are escalating. ...
- San Diego Union Tribune
We have to be smarter about buying health care services Sep 22, 2005
Providing employee health insurance has grown to the point that it is no longer affordable for most small business and is unsustainable for large companies. ...
- Seattle Post Intelligencer
Gordian Health Solutions' Client Worthington Industries' 'Healthy ... Sep 20, 2005
...reap the greatest savings." For example, Worthington Industries told employees it will continue to pay the entire cost of employee health insurance, but only ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Gordian Health Solutions’ Client Worthington Industries’ “ ... Sep 21, 2005
For example, Worthington Industries told employees it will continue to pay the entire cost of employee health insurance, but only if workers participate in ...
- PR Web (press release)
Health care at heart of Crestwood dispute Sep 18, 2005
...and the intermediate unit are also members of the trust, which spends about $33 million of taxpayer money each year for public school employee health insurance ...
- Citizens Voice
Gazette opinion: Keep working on school health insurance ideas Sep 23, 2005
Employee health insurance ranks as one of the top cost concerns of Montana public schools. That's why it's heartening to hear that Gov. ...
- Billings Gazette
Murphy faults Legislature for city's bleak finances Sep 27, 2005
Allowing cities to put their workers into the much larger state employee health insurance pool, which has lower per-employee costs. ...
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Plan could help businesses reduce benefit claims Sep 10, 2005
Program, she said, employers have a fourth option — reduce the rate of health-care premium inflation by reducing the number of employee health-care claims. ...
- Lancaster Newspapers
The State of Big Labor on Labor Day 2005 Sep 6, 2005
Maytag is in good company in its misery if two of the world's largest corporations are buckling under the burden of the employee health care "entitlement" Big ...
- Pardon My English
Advance Food Co. taking care of its own Sep 14, 2005
...employees now have another health care option with the opening last week of the new Advance Employee Health and Wellness Center on East Garriott. ...
- Enid News & Eagle
Online readers discuss minimum wage and poverty Sep 19, 2005
Living Wage jobs would provide for all the living expenses of the person holding the job, including employee health insurance and retirement savings. ...
- Salem Statesman Journal
Pay vs. Happiness Sep 26, 2005
...to a burnout epidemic. In the free market this is called "bankruptcy" and rarely has to do with employee's health. When all your ...
- Slashdot
Costing more to live in Bayonne Sep 27, 2005
Newark, to buy the city's water from the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, to run its utilities and to pay for employee health insurance - coupled ...
- The Jersey Journal
School District to pursue legislative management practices audit Sep 29, 2005
...old schools); district organization (including evaluation of efficiency and cost-effectiveness of management structure); employee health plans; transportation ...
- Reno Gazette Journal
Benefit Fairness Sep 28, 2005
...employer-defined relationship to the employee. Health care benefits for a spouse are benefits of employment, not benefits of marriage.". ...
- Detroit Free Press
Companies rewarding fitness with money Sep 19, 2005
...one of the rare businesses that has been paying the full cost of employee health insurance -- put limits on its generous policy last year. ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
Democrats Still United! Sep 19, 2005
...press. Ferrer was there to blast Mike Bloomberg for vetoing a bill requiring grocery stores to pay for employee health care. But ...
- Village Voice
Health insurance rates to climb 10 percent for federal employees Sep 15, 2005
Enrollees in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program will get an estimated 10 percent average increase in premiums for fiscal 2006, the Office of ...
- GovExec.com
American Greetings Announces Solid Second Quarter Earnings Sep 29, 2005
Euro, UK Pound Sterling, and Canadian Dollar; the timing and impact of new product introductions; escalation in the cost of providing employee health care; and ...
- PR Newswire UK (press release)
Dow Ends Up 17 as Oil Tops $67 Per Barrel Sep 29, 2005
...for the year, but that operating profit would come in below the company‘s earlier targets due to a sluggish economy and high employee health care costs. ...
- Leading The Charge
Slimmer workers can mean fatter pay Sep 19, 2005
...has been one of the rare businesses to pay the full cost of employee health insurance, but it put limits on its generous policy last year. ...
- Denver Post
Under Pressure Sep 25, 2005
A few companies, mostly very small ones, will probably drop employee health insurance altogether, a process that is steadily eroding coverage over time. ...
- Record-Searchlight (subscription)
AAA Chicago Says Be Ready - Be Set - Be Focused: Drive Safely to ... Sep 29, 2005
...a fellow carpooler, checking voicemail on a cell phone on the way into the office, and grabbing a quick bite to eat can be hazardous to an employee's health ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Utility Commission reduces Pacific Power's rate hike Sep 30, 2005
..."No one wants to see prices go higher, but unfortunately, the cost of generating electricity, paying higher employee health insurance cost and other business ...
- Corvallis Gazette Times
Hammond's 2006 budget must include significant cuts Sep 26, 2005
McDermott said the biggest items were out of the city's control, including employee health care costs, pension and retirement benefit increases mandated by ...
- Munster Times
Companies Offer Bonus To Employees Who Get Fit Sep 19, 2005
Worthington Industries Inc. - one of the rare businesses that pays the full cost of employee health insurance - limited its generosity last year, saying ...
- All Headline News
Employers Will Be FORCED To Provide Immigrant Health Insurance? Sep 28, 2005
The companies surveyed for the report indicated that per-employee health care costs have increased 12 percent since last year, and they expect an increase of ...
- Collective Bellaciao
Health costs to keep rising Sep 28, 2005
...insurance premiums. Five years ago, 60 percent of small- and medium-sized California companies offered employee health insurance. Last ...
- Record-Searchlight (subscription)
Hobart weighs shifting cost of insurance to city workers Sep 22, 2005
Mayor Linda Buzinec said Ehrhardt’s proposal to increase employee health premiums has been discussed several times over the past 19 years. ...
- Gary Post Tribune
Hobart looks to trim health budget Sep 21, 2005
HOBART | While no changes are yet in place, the City Council agreed Wednesday to review the city's employee health insurance program to see if money can be ...
- Munster Times
American Administrative Group Announces New Corporate Identity Sep 20, 2005
Parker Group, based in Lubbock, TX, is a diverse health care management organization that provides Third Party Administration for employee health care benefits ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Machinists May Reach Agreement Sep 26, 2005
Boeing had originally demanded increases in employee health care payments. benefits would improve. Workers also would get signing bonuses. ...
- WIBW
Barbour mulls broad hurricane-recovery agenda for special session Sep 25, 2005
To assist these employees impacted by Katrina, they should be allowed to keep their state employee health insurance.". Katrina struck Aug. ...
- SunHerald.com
Seniors getting Part D invites in the mail Sep 27, 2005
Have drug coverage from TRICARE, Department of Veteran’s Affairs or the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program: Prescription drug coverage under these ...
- Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
General Environmental Management (GEM) Receives Financing Sep 30, 2005
...environmental incidents; managing remediation projects, and providing application software for environmental compliance services and employee health and safety ...
- Market Wire (press release)
Health insurance rates locked in for GUC staff Sep 22, 2005
The Greenville City Council and Greenville Utilities board on Tuesday unanimously voted to lock in employee health insurance rates that include a 5 percent rise ...
- Greenville Daily Reflector
Conference explores health care costs Sep 22, 2005
..."But we put out a monthly newsletter with health tips, we have a lunch-and-learn (lecture) series, and we'll be having an employee health fair on Nov. ...
- Gainesville Times
Featured Columnist - Gino Piroli Sep 26, 2005
...has been that it denies Medicare from negotiating the costs of the drugs as is the case with the Veterans Administration and the federal employee health plans. ...
- Beaver County Times
Forrester touts caring for seniors, property tax plan Sep 28, 2005
...to have home-based programs or nursing homes; provide a state tax credit for long-term care insurance; and leverage the State Employee Health Benefits Plan to ...
- Asbury Park Press
OPINION: Lame Proposal Sep 19, 2005
...until you consider that the state faces a $650 million shortfall in Medicaid, rapidly growing costs for the billion-dollar state employee health plan and what ...
- Fort Wayne News Sentinel
EDITORIAL: Triple-Whammy Sep 15, 2005
...editorial board meeting here, he talked at some length about the challenges the state faces in adequately funding Medicaid, state employee health insurance and ...
- Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Sharp differences surface in debates Sep 21, 2005
...insurance for their employees. Byrne wants to allow small businesses to buy into the state employee's health plan. She said it would ...
- The Free Lance-Star
COMPANY CLINICS Sep 6, 2005
Benefit Planners President Omar Rodriguez said his company, which is self-insured and pays for employee health expenses from a pool of funds rather than ...
- Los Angeles Daily News
Armada Consulting Group and ConnectYourCare Deal Creates New ... Sep 7, 2005
...services firm delivering a full range of integrated services to help mid-market companies think and act strategically about their employee health benefits. ...
- Emediawire (press release)
OPM Working Against America With Health Benefits, Says AFGE Sep 16, 2005
PRNewswire/ -- "The Office of Personnel Management has taken advantage of its ability to manipulate the formula for Federal Employee Health Benefits Program ...
- Black Enterprise
County proposes staff reduction Sep 23, 2005
...of unused sick time. Also, there would be continued participation in the employee health insurance plan until Dec. 31, 2006, with ...
- Springfield State Journal Register
Caltech to tackle $28 million deficit Sep 29, 2005
...increases to student tuition and fees, cuts to administrative and divisional operations, modifications to the student and employee health insurance programs ...
- San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Boeing Machinists Strike, Halting Aircraft Production (Update6) Sep 2, 2005
...in Seattle. The union had demanded 33 percent more, and also opposed a proposal for higher employee health-insurance costs. The ...
- Bloomberg
Medical Association Withdraws Brief in Dispute Over Doctors’ ... Sep 21, 2005
...there, the sole provider of obstetric and gynecological services in Northern San Diego County for members of Benitez’s ERISA-governed employee health plan. ...
- Metropolitan News-Enterprise
Honor Labor Day by pushing for fair wages here at home Sep 4, 2005
The health-care crisis is made worse when profitable corporations deliberately shirk their responsibility to provide adequate employee health care coverage. ...
- The Free Lance-Star
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