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Above the Fold October 5, 2012
 
Jobless rate falls below 8 percent
Jobless rate falls below 8 percent
By Christopher S. Rugaber
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years and giving President Barack Obama a potential boost with the election a month away…Read more
Today's News
Economy affects employers' benefits decisions
By Amanda McGrory
As the economy remains slow, 87 percent of employers say today's financial climate has influenced their benefits decisions, and 73 percent of employers say they expect employees to pay more toward their benefits in the coming year, according to the 2012 Benefits Selling Employer Survey…Read more
Most Medicare patients don't understand the program
By Kathryn Mayer
Maybe this should be addressed as part of the great Medicare debate: Three out of four seniors on Medicare say the government health program is difficult to understand…Read more
Employers concerned about employee retirement readiness
By Paula Aven Glaydch
The majority of U.S. employers are not confident that their employees have done enough to prepare for retirement…Read more

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The Pulse
Mark Roberts
Smoothing the wrinkles for open enrollment
By Mark Roberts
It's that time of year when businesses start their open enrollment process for the new benefits year…Read more
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We are one of the few States that has an operating Exchange. Three companies are inside the exchange at this time. I have not found it to be competitve at this point in time and I quote inside and outside of the exchange for all of my accounts. The only time, the exchange has been close in premiums, is when there is a major medical problem within the group. But I haven't found them tobe competitive with the existing renewing company as of yet.

-- Dpfs98, How brokers fit into the exchange puzzle

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