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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Health plan costs - misc Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines Health Tax Credit Could Mean Big Savings for Small Firms New York State Retiree Health Liability Rises to $72 Billion; NYC's Is $84 Billion Individual Insurance Benefits Becoming Available Under Health Care Reform Would Have Cut Out-Of-Pocket Spending In 2001-08 [Official Guidance] Text of CCIIO Announcement on Medical Loss Ratio Annual Reporting Form Reminding Health Insurers of June 1 Deadline (PDF) [Official Guidance] Text of CCIIO Announcement on Medical Loss Ratio Rebate Notices, Reminding Health Insurers of August 1 Deadline (PDF) Animated U.S. Map Showing Year-by-Year Increase in Obesity Among State Populations, 1985-2010 RAND Study of Effect of ACA on Enrollment and Premiums, Either With or Without the Individual Mandate (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HHS Notice Addresses Rules for Insurers That Meet or Exceed Medical Loss Ratio Standards Health Care Costs for American Families in 2012 Exceed $20,000 for the First Time Resource Page on Implementation of Health Insurance Medical Loss Ratios by the States, Updated May 11, 2012 [Guidance Overview] Whether or Not Constitutional, ACA Is Creating Turbulent Times for HSAs and HRAs (PDF) [Official Guidance] Text of Official Corrections to Interim Final CMS Regs for Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio Requirements (PDF) [Opinion] Health Care Reform: What Employers Should Be Considering Now [Opinion] Techniques Used by Obamacare Could Support Proposed Taxation of Employer-Provided Health Care Benefits America's Employers Controlling Health Care Costs and Improving Employee Lifestyles with Wellness Initiatives [Opinion] Why Employer-Paid Health Insurance Drives Up Health Care Costs [Official Guidance] Agencies Revise Summary of Benefits and Coverage Template and , Sample Completed SBC, and Coverage Example Calculations [Official Guidance] Text of Final CMS Regs for Medical Loss Ratio Requirements (PDF) Massachusetts Politicians Taking Different Tacks Pursuing Containment of Health Care Costs Illinois House Votes to Require Former State Employees to Pay Part of Health Care Premiums for First Time Wellness Programs Credited with Keeping Eau Claire City Employee Insurance Costs Down The ACA Small Business Tax Credit Makes Good Business Sense [Guidance Overview] Proposed IRS Regs Address the PPACA Comparative Effectiveness Fee (PDF) [Opinion] Time to Control Runaway Military Personnel Costs The ABCs of Beating Obesity: Schools Called 'Focal Point' for Prevention by Advisory Body [Opinion] Innoculate the Budget Deficit from Health Care Reform Washington State's 1993 Experiment with Health Insurance Reforms (PDF) Essential Health Benefit Packages Under Health Care Reform Have Employers Wary Nearly Half of Soon-to-Be-Retired, High-Net-Worth Americans 'Terrified' of Health Care Costs in Retirement [Guidance Overview] IRS Notice Requests Comments on Minimum Value and Reporting Requirements for Group Health Plans [Guidance Overview] IRS Guidance Addresses Upcoming Research Fees on Many Health Plans and Insurers Massachusetts Lawmakers Unveil Ambitious Plan to Cut Health Care Costs DOL Reports to Congress on Self-Insured Health Plans; Agencies Seek Information on Stop-Loss Coverage [Guidance Overview] Minnesota State Agency to Pay Damages Plus Insurance Coverage to Resolve Case of 'Age 55 Cliff' Discriminatory Early Retirement Plans Public Opinion on Gender Rating for Health Insurance Premiums [Guidance Overview] IRS Proposed Regs Address Comparative Effectiveness Research Fee on Group Health Plans [Guidance Overview] Proposed IRS Regs Address Fees to Be Paid by Health Insurers and Sponsors of Self-Insured Health Plans [Opinion] Text of Comments by American Academy of Actuaries to CMS on Revised MLR Annual Reporting Form (PDF) Is the Fact that I Am a Woman Considered a Pre-Existing Condition? Health Care Law Creates Financial Incentives for Employers to Drop Health Coverage [Guidance Overview] CMS Guidance Addresses Medical Loss Ratio Requirement [Guidance Overview] IRS Proposes Methods for Valuing Employer Health Coverage [Guidance Overview] Employers Sponsoring Health Plans Must Pay New Annual Health Plan Fee [Guidance Overview] Research Fees to Be Imposed on Self-Insured Health Plans Beginning October 2012 California State Officials Launch 'Health Happens in the Workplace' Program Michigan Senate Bill Would Raise Lawmakers' Share of Retiree Health Contribution to 20% of Total Premium [Guidance Overview] IRS Mulls Meaning of 'Minimum Value' Coverage [Guidance Overview] IRS Requests Comments on Calculation of 'Minimum Value' and Associated Reporting Requirements Deloitte Health Care Reform Memo, April 30, 2012 Compensation Costs for Private Industry Workers, March 2011 to March 2012 [Guidance Overview] HHS Issues Additional Questions and Answers Guidance on Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Mental Health Spending By Private Insurance: Implications for The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act [Guidance Overview] New Guidance on Computing Taxes Payable by Health Plan Sponsors and Insurers [Guidance Overview] IRS Describes New Fees Coming Next Year for Group Health Plans [Opinion] How Retirement Benefits Might Sink the States Illinois Legislators Take Aim at Subsidy for Public Employee Retiree Health Insurance Wellness = Retirement Savings [Guidance Overview] Employer Reporting under Health Reform: How Much Is Too Much, the IRS Wants to Know Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. 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