Employers Have Much To Learn About CDH From New Buck Consultants Annual Survey
In its annual survey of the HRA/HSA Market ACS/Mellon reported small but growing enrollment fueled by rising cost of health care coverage. At the same time, the group had significant information about CDH for employers.
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Conference Board Says Salary Increases Will Stay Below Four Percent for Fourth Consecutive YearPay increases for most salaried workers will average only 3.5 percent this year and stay at that level through 2007, The Conference Board reports in its latest annual survey. For the fourth consecutive year, salary increases are below 4 percent as employers keep the lid on budgets.
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CDH Policies Growing In Popularity, GAO Study Confirms
Echoing studies done by this newsletter, high deductible insurance (CDH) policies are becoming more common as the burden and control of healthcare resources shift to the users.
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Individuals With No Healthcare Insurance Differ With Insured Respondents In Nationwide Survey of 2,800
Individuals with no insurance were at both ends of the spectrum in five key categories while those with traditional and CDH insurance tended to be in the middle of the measurement scales.
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Special Report: Compensation Trends, Outlook, Evolving Employee Expectations
Compensation is becoming a more complex art as several conflicting trends in the American labor scene unfolds during the first decade of the 21st century.
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Government Program Offers Easy, Free Method To Verify Immigration Status Of Potential Employees
Companies looking for a way of checking on the immigration status of employees have a little known but effective program available at no cost that is being provided as part of the federal government’s homeland security agency.
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UnitedHealthcare Offers New CDH Product For Small Businesses
UnitedHealthcare has introduced UnitedHealthcare Benchmark Solutions – a new suite of affordable, consumer-centric health plans designed specifically to meet the needs of small-business owners, who rank medical costs as their No. 1 concern.
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Incomplete Information Continues To Plague HSA Reporting, Muddies Progress Measurement
Among the growing number of reports with incomplete information about HSAs was an article published in mid-June from a San Francisco business magazine and picked up elsewhere.
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ADP, First Data In Payroll Services Marketing Agreement Aimed At Smaller Firms
ADP® Small Business Services, part of the Employer Services Division of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a leading provider of payroll, benefits and Human Resources (HR) services, and First Data Corp., a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services have signed a multi-year marketing agreement.
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New AFLAC Study Confirms Concerns Of Small Firms Over Impact Of Healthcare Insurance Costs On Companies
Confirming studies conducted by Information Strategies, Inc. (ISI), AFLAC insurance’s latest study highlights the concerns small firms have about their ability to provide affordable healthcare insurance to employees.
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