Findings From the 2008 Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey EBRI Issue Brief #323, Employee Benefit Research Institute© 2008 Enrollment low but growing: In 2008, 3 percent of the population was enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP), up from 2 percent in 2007 and 1 percent in 2006. Enrollment […]
Read More...America’s Best Health Insurance Plans By Michelle Andrews U.S. News & World Report For years, workers have watched their healthcare outlays rise and benefits shrink, and for some, whether they will have benefits at all suddenly is in doubt. As Wall Street’s turmoil sloshes over Main Street, it seems that every day another trusted company […]
Read More...Onsite Health Facilities: Watch Out for Regulatory Pitfalls Watson Wyatt Today’s onsite health care facilities usually go beyond dispensing bandages and aspirin. Many provide comprehensive medical services to employees and sometimes to spouses and other family members. Yet the employers implementing and paying for these facilities — commonly through a third-party vendor — are often […]
Read More...Sununu, Gregg Announce Signing of “Michelle’s Law” The law is named for the late Michelle Morse, a 20-year-old college student at Plymouth State University (New Hampshire) who died in 2005. Michelle had remained a full-time student while being treated for advanced colon cancer because, due to existing law at the time, her parents’ insurance would […]
Read More...Adoption Act Amends Tax Code Definition of Qualifying Child Watson Wyatt The definition is used to determine eligibility for certain tax benefits, such as the dependency exemption, the child tax credit, the earned income tax credit and the dependent care tax credit. In addition, it is referenced by many employer-sponsored health care and dependent care […]
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