| Above the Fold |
October 27, 2011 |
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| New DOL reg won't change how large companies offer advice |
| By Paula Aven Gladych |
| A new rule regulating fiduciary investment advice won't necessarily affect the way large 401(k) providers do business, but it will give many smaller companies the opportunity to bundle investment advice as part of their 401(k) and IRA plans...Read more |
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| Today's News |
| Moratoriums not being used to stop Medicare fraud |
| By Kelli Kennedy |
| Nearly one year after receiving powerful new authority to impose moratoriums that would prevent potentially fraudulent Medicare providers from joining the program, federal health officials have yet to impose a single one, according to top Senate Republicans...Read more |
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| More employers reward, penalize workers to drive employer health |
| By Kathryn Mayer |
| Employers want their employees to be responsible for their health—and they want it so badly that the number of companies using financial incentives and penalties for participation in health programs is rapidly on the rise, according to a survey of companies by Towers Watson...Read more |
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| Brown to seek sweeping pension cuts |
| By Juliet Williams |
| Gov. Jerry Brown will propose sweeping rollbacks to public employee pension benefits in California, including raising the retirement age to 67 for new employees who are not public safety workers and requiring state and local employees to pay more toward their retirement and health care...Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Who cares about taxes? The employer does |
| By Steve Parrish |
| When I'm asked to help with an employee benefit design, one of my first questions concerns the employer's tax structure. Unfortunately, sometimes the response is, "Who cares?"...Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
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 I think it is a long time coming for companies to enforce strategies and policies to educate its' employees about the relationship between healthcare costs and the employees health. And take a strong stance on the personal resposibility of one's health and that an employee can either benefit or pay up by the healthy or unhealthy lifestyle choices they make.
-- Ragin, Wellness: Carrot vs stick?
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