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By admin, on June 5th, 2013% For lots of employers, the answer seems to be plenty:
King County, Washington, was one of the first local governments to use rewards and penalties to encourage healthier behaviors. A decade ago, the county panicked as health care costs were growing at a pace of 15 percent every year. Then-executive Ron Sims convened a . . . → Read More: How Much Would Your Employer Pay for You To Be Healthy?
By admin, on May 9th, 2013% This aspect of Obamacare hasn’t talked about as much, but is looming as a major issue for some employers:
Many executives have long enjoyed perks like free health care and better health benefits for themselves and their families. But under a little noticed anti-discrimination provision in the federal health law, such advantages could soon trigger . . . → Read More: Should Everyone Have the Same Health Insurance?
By admin, on April 18th, 2013% Another large employer has been cutting employee hours, and the public isn’t exactly staying silent on the issue:
The country’s largest movie theater chain probably didn’t expect widespread boycotts when it recently sent out a company memo about health care costs.
In the wake of news that Regal Entertainment Group had cut some workers’ hours . . . → Read More: Obamacare: Regal Theatres Cuts Employee Hours, Faces Facebook Backlash
By admin, on April 9th, 2013% I’m not sure I would want my boss to know what’s in my lunch:
A just-launched online service called NutriSavings will give workers coupons and cash back to encourage the purchase of more nutritious foods. In exchange, you’ll have to lift the curtain a little on what you buy at the grocery store.
The benefit . . . → Read More: Would You Give Your Boss Your Grocery List?
By admin, on April 9th, 2013% An Obamacare provision that goes into effect next year requires businesses with 50 or more full-time workers to provide health care coverage for employees. For businesses that don’t, there is a $2,000 penalty for each full-time worker above the 30-employee threshold. (Full-time workers are defined as anyone who works more than 30 hours a week . . . → Read More: Obamacare: More Small Businesses Plan to Pay the Penalty
By admin, on April 1st, 2013% Most Americans know Obamacare will require them to carry health insurance next year. Well, apparently, Popeyes President Ralph Bower isn’t entirely clued in:
Popeyes, a popular fast food chain, expects some of its employees to voluntarily cut their own hours in order to try to sidestep a fee under the Affordable Care Act, but doing . . . → Read More: Obamacare: What Is the Popeyes President Thinking?
By admin, on March 27th, 2013% Interesting follow-up to the The New York Times case study of a bakery owner’s decision on employee health insurance coverage. Bakery owner Rachel Shein had some intriguing answers to reader follow-up questions:
Q. Do you think your customers would pay a few more cents for your baked goods — especially if it allows you to . . . → Read More: Should Small Business Owners Be For a Single-Payer System?
By admin, on March 12th, 2013% You may have noticed a growing feeling of resentment towards our legislators and their generous health insurance packages. Well, those feelings clearly aren’t going unnoticed by the office of the Governor of Iowa, Terry Branstad:
Gov. Terry Branstad reiterated his call Monday for state legislators to lead by example and pay 20 percent of the . . . → Read More: Are Legislators Ready to Foot Part of the Health Insurance Bill?
By admin, on March 10th, 2013% Well, this is an interesting twist in the Obamacare rollout:
California officials face mounting criticism from union leaders over plans to let retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. enroll shoppers in President Obama’s healthcare expansion.
The state wants employees at Wal-Mart and other retailers to help consumers learn about their options and assist them in . . . → Read More: Is California Hypocritical For Partnering With Wal-Mart on Health Insurance?
By admin, on February 26th, 2013% Nope, sadly, that’s not a typo. If you get long-term care insurance through CalPERS you may have to start looking elsewhere:
Dailey Mayo received some stunning news in the mail last week: an 85% rate increase for the long-term-care insurance he has had for 15 years from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
The retired . . . → Read More: CalPERS Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums to Jump 85%
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