| Above the Fold |
November 7, 2011 |
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| Today's News |
| Employers turn to wellness |
| By Michael LaVoy |
| Employers and employees alike have begun to realize that cutting the cost of health insurance will only come from lower utilization of those benefits. In other words, get healthy or pay a hefty price. For many the choice was health — translated into wellness...Read more |
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| US wealth gap between young and old is widest ever |
| By Hope Yen |
| The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt...Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Who's afraid of the dark? |
| By Kathryn Mayer |
| When it comes to health care, there's no reliable way to estimate how much a procedure's going to cost. And (lucky for us), a new government report tells us there's nothing we can do about it...Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
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 Many companies (and voluntary benefit brokers) have lost interest in pet insurance because participation rates are typically below 1%. Even the lower-priced veterinary discount plans usually do not have participation rates above 10%-15%.
-- cneben, Why aren't you offering pet insurance?
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