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Cost-control efforts delay health reform bill

After initial estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office put the cost for the Senate Finance Committee's health reform bill at $1.6 trillion, Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is now promising that revised legislation will keep the costs under $1 trillion.
Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt merge

Human resources consulting giants Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt announced June 28 their intent to merge and form a new publically listed company, Towers Watson & Co.
Opinion letter questions legality of HRAs

Seemingly oblivious to the ever-increasing concern shared by the rest of the country over rising health care costs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently cast doubt on the use of health risk assessments, a proven effective tool in the fight against rising group health insurance costs.

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