| Above the Fold |
May 4, 2012 |
| US hiring slows sharply |
| By Christopher S. Rugaber |
US employers pulled back on hiring in April for the second straight month, evidence of an economy still growing only sluggishly. The unemployment rate dipped, but only because more people gave up looking for work…Read more
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| Today's News |
| Medicare disruptions seen if health reform is struck |
| By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
| Medicare's payment system, the unseen but vital network that handles 100 million monthly claims, could freeze up if President Barack Obama's health care law is summarily overturned, the administration has quietly informed the courts…Read more |
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| What to do with an old 401(k) |
| By Paula Aven Gladych |
| The jury is still out on whether it's best for people to keep a string of old 401(k) accounts from previous jobs or roll them into a new company plan or personal IRA…Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Working after age 62 |
| By Rich White |
| Social Security retirement benefits may begin at age 62 (at the earliest) and some pre-retirees believe they will face a dilemma over whether to keep working or start their benefits at 62. If your clients are concerned over this choice, tell them to relax…Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
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 We are always comparing health care quality and costs to other nations which is dis-ingenuous since the US is the world's largest homogenous nation while the comparative countries have generally the same ethnicity. Obviously the more near sameness of ethnic backgrounds are going to impact health care cost & treatment. Further our nation is not as centrally located as the comparable countries since treatment would be much nearer in say France that in the US. While there must be concern about health care cost & treatment we must also remember the differences that exist in each of those countries.
-- Con, US spends most on health care, gets less
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