AP Poll: Medicare doesn't need to be cut

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Above the Fold

May 24, 2011

AP Poll: Medicare doesn't need to be cut

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Stephen Ohlemacher, AP

They're not buying it. Most Americans say they don't believe Medicare has to be cut to balance the federal budget, and ditto for Social Security, a new poll shows. Read more

Today's News

Survey: Many employers can't fill critical positions

By Ginny Kipling, BenefitsPro

Despite lingering high unemployment rates, 52 percent of U.S. employers say they are having trouble filling critical positions within their companies, according to the Manpower Group's Talent Shortage Survey. Read more

UnitedHealth upgraded to 'buy'

By Associated Press

Health insurers, which delivered better-than-expected first-quarter results, may have potential for more earnings growth before a new health care overhaul regulation begins to have a meaningful impact on their business, according to a Jefferies analyst. Read more

403(b) plan sponsors rise to the challenge

By Jenny Ivy, BenefitsPro

A new survey finds despite complexities and confusion, 403(b) plan sponsors are in the final stages of complying with sweeping regulatory changes from the Department of Labor. Read more

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The Pulse

Plan fees and value-added services: A win-win situation

By Charlie Epstein

When you're educating plan participants and helping to create a stable financial future for them, you may find it difficult to determine the amount for reasonable plan fees. Because excessively high plan fees can eat into the accumulating balance of participants, the income that balance can sustain into retirement can be much lower than expected. How advisors can determine what is reasonable is hotly debated within the industry. Read more

Overheard on BenefitsPro

I find it interesting you think Medicare is taking us down and no mention about how the big companies move profits off shore and pay little if any taxes, the contractor fraud..(none of which is by the older population) and the Military budget..

-- Weprintandsend, On health care, it's Newt vs. Newt

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