| Above the Fold |
March 31, 2011 |
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| Continental strikes labor deal with 7,200 workers |
| By Associated Press |
| The parent company of United Airlines and Continental Airlines said Wednesday that Continental has reached a labor agreement with representatives of some 7,200 non-union employees who work as reservation agents and in other passenger-service roles. Read more |
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| Today's News |
| Medicaid claims malfunction could cost Idaho |
| By John Miller |
| Idaho's new, problem-plagued Medicaid claims processing system may cost taxpayers millions of dollars, according to a report released Tuesday by legislative auditors who concluded that neither Idaho health officials, the software company nor Medicaid providers were adequately prepared for the switch last year. Read more |
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| Business outnumbers consumers on NC health panel |
| By Emery P. Dalesio |
| Whether North Carolina makes health insurance as easy for individuals and small businesses to shop for as a plane ticket on a travel website could be left up to an oversight board on which business interests outnumber consumer advocates. Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Some friendly tax advice for people with HSAs |
| By Eric Johnson |
| I'm not a tax advisor, but I do sell health savings accounts for a living and I know how panicked some people can get at this time of the year — it's time to file their taxes, but they're not quite sure what to do. If you're one of these people, or if it's your job to help people with questions about their health plan, here's a quick tax tutorial for HSA account holders. Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
 The American people are scared to death of the outrageous deficits and spending going on it Washington. I for one am astonished that the huge budget deficit that was run up to save our financial system in 2009 is now the base line from where future spending is increased or decreased. Regardless whether you think those bailouts worked or not, that kind of money should not become an entitlement for our spendthrift legislators. We should demand a full accounting of where this additional spending(from the 2008 baseline) is going and demand that it be returned.
-- Tricord, GOP presidential hopefuls rail against reform |
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