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Above the Fold August 8, 2012
 
Slow recovery hurts workers' comp
By Amanda McGrory
Workers' compensation benefits fell to $57.5 billion in 2010 following a 2.1 percent decrease in medical benefits of injured workers, according to a report released by the National Academy of Social Insurance…Read more
Today's News
Women, working class get campaigns' hard sell
By Julie Pace, Philip Elliott
Republican candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are making the hard sell to working-class and women voters while raising the volume of their criticism to cast the other guy as an extremist…Read more
SEC hits Pfizer with bribery charges
By Matthew Perrone
Pfizer has agreed to pay the federal government $60 million to settle allegations that its employees bribed doctors and other foreign officials in Europe and Asia to win business and boost sales…Read more
Health reform changes small-group market, consumer reps say
By Allison Bell
Timothy Jost and others who represent consumers in proceedings at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners are scoffing at the idea that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will have little effect on the small-group health insurance market…Read more

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The Pulse
Liz Davidson
Three new 401(k) plan success metrics
By Liz Davidson
What do you do when the news on fees is out? Try to couple investment advice with broad financial education, and design a plan that sets employees up for success…Read more
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Overheard on BenefitsPro

Politicians have short memories (sort of like dogs) In the Nineties it was politicians that helped to destroy traditional, small network HMOs through regulations and more and more mandated benefits. This was in response to, then, spoiled consumers who were living in a time of full employment and a rapidly expanding economy and who didn't want the restrictions of HMOs.

-- James Chaillet, Massachusetts gov signs health cost-containment bill

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