Obama to propose ‘automatic workplace IRAs’

In his State of the Union address Jan. 27, President Barack Obama will propose the creation of a new employer-sponsored retirement account: the “automatic workplace IRA.”

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Mass. election shows it’s time for a new playbook on health care reform

It’s been about a week since Republican Scott Brown’s election to Senator Edward Kennedy’s Massachusetts Senate seat derailed Democrats’ health care reform efforts by ending their filibuster-proof, 60-seat majority. As the Obama administration adjusts its political strategy to focus on the needs of the working class, EBA health care reform panelists share their thoughts on the surprising turn of events in Massachusetts.

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Membership continues to fall at top health plans

The recession and high unemployment continue to take a toll in terms of declining membership, as the nation’s leading health insurers saw membership fall through the third quarter of 2009.

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Podcast: Chronic illness and CDHPs: Making it work

OptumHealth Financial Services’ Carlos Hernandez shares his first-person experience of managing Type 1 diabetes on a consumer-driven health plan and how brokers and employers can help employees with their own chronic conditions effectively use these high-deductible plans.

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Supreme Court hears denial-of-benefits case

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week in a case that could have far-reaching implications for pension plan administrators and the way in which they interpret the terms of their plans.

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