| Above the Fold |
March 26, 2012 |
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| Today's News |
| What's in store for health reform? |
| By Dan Shellenbarger |
| For health care, 2011 was the year of the new: PPACA set off a rash of experiments, and payers, providers, benefits consultants, and even retailers announced innovative plans. But what will it all amount to?…Read more |
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| Fee disclosure rules: The devil is in the details |
| By Paula Aven Gladych |
| While 401(k) record keepers and service providers are combing through the 408(b)(2) fee disclosure rules with a fine-tooth comb, looking for potential compliance problems, plan sponsors have adopted a wait and see attitude…Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| The terrible twos |
| By Kathryn Mayer |
| Ever have one of those birthdays that just didn't go the way you planned?
I had one when I held an all-girl birthday bash at my house. One partygoer who came always had a tendency for the dramatic—which was annoying enough considering we were only in the second grade. This girl popped the balloons and then proceeded to tear open the gifts because she thought I was taking too long to open them (an incident that I'm clearly over today)…Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
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 Mary Brown, the Lead Plaintiff in the PPACA lawsuit before the US Supreme Court, and her husband have fallen on hard times since filing the lawsuit, largely because their auto repair business in Florida failed. The couple have filed for bankruptcy protection, asking a federal court to wipe out about $60,000 in consumer debts. Their unpaid bills include $2,750 owed to a local hospital and physicians group and $1,735 to out-of-state medical specialists. Is Mary Brown's freedom to sock it to her creditors and the taxpayers is the point of the "repeal" argument?
-- Livin_Large, 95 percent of Americans interested in health reform case
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