| Above the Fold |
April 18, 2011 |
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| Today's News |
| Barbour's Medicaid claims counter facts |
| By Emily Wagster Pettus |
| Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate, played fast and loose with his state's Medicaid enrollment numbers this week as he spoke in Washington and chatted up voters in the early primary state of New Hampshire. Read more |
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| Obama signs bill killing 1099 provision |
| By The Associated Press |
| President Barack Obama has signed the first rollback of last year's health care law, a bipartisan repeal of a burdensome tax-reporting requirement that's widely unpopular with businesses. Read more |
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| How to help small-business owners plan for retirement |
| By Heather Trese |
| When most small-business owners get their companies started, the last thing on their mind is retirement planning. They're too busy building funds and claiming market share to put together a succession plan or even hire employees, let alone think about how they might fund a retirement plan for their employees. Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Party like it's 1099 |
| By Denis Storey |
| President Obama signed off on the 1099 tax repeal Friday. This little-known provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act saddled small businesses with the onerous obligation to report any vendor expense more than $600 in a calendar year. Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
 Of course the Consumer Watchdog group would be for replacing agents with tax dollars. We don't need more government; we need less government that is efficient. Replacing agents with government workers is the wrong direction to take this country.
-- Tricord, Group calls broker bill a 'death blow' to consumers |
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