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The BenefitsLink Newsletter December 16, 1999 What's New - Top Stories Candidates' Problem Is Finding One to Fix - Health Care, Others Stand In for Economic Concerns Washington Post [More like this] Japan Gives Tax Breaks To 401(k)-Like Pensions news.excite.com [More like this] McCain Joins Debate Over Health Care Los Angeles Times [More like this] Companies Using Fresh Strategies To Retain Workers KnoxNews.com [More like this] Online Investment Advice Revving Up The Standard.com [More like this] Employers Kicking In More For Health Insurance insure.com [More like this] Health Care Costs Dominate Employee Benefit Concerns for 2000 International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Deloitte & Touche [More like this] Bitter About Retirement: Federal Employees Placed in the Wrong Plans GovExec.com [More like this] Get Ready For Federal Thrift Savings Plan Changes GovExec.com [More like this] Latinos Face Growing Health Care Access Problems Salt Lake Tribune [More like this] Teacher Says $800,000 in Overpaid Pension Distribution Money Is Long Gone news.excite.com [More like this] Young & Vestless - New Pensions Prove No Boon To Many Younger Staffers MSNBC.com [More like this] Workers' 'Cash Balance' Pension Plan Revolt Spreads Los Angeles Times [More like this] If You Fall Into The 'Sweet Spot,' Don't Let Five-Year Averaging Deadline Sneak By news.excite.com [More like this] Pensions Managed By Pros Beat 401(k)s USA Today [More like this] Firms Search For Incentives That Pay Off Christian Science Monitor [More like this] Comerica, ADP And Goldman Sachs to Partner - Industry Leaders Join Forces to Introduce Services for Small Businesses news.excite.com [More like this] AMA Launches "National House Call" To Challenge Candidates To Address Health Care Policy Issues American Medical Association [More like this] New (to Us) Noteworthy Links ESOP Repurchase Insights: The Cash-Out Dilemma National Center for Employee Ownership [More like this] Employee Ownership Update: Proposed Compensatory Stock Options Legislation National Center for Employee Ownership [More like this] The Return of Health Reform Washington Post, orig. pub. 10/99 [More like this] Mental Health Reform: What It Would Really Take Time, orig. pub. 6/99 [More like this] Resolving Health Plan Disputes: The Issues and Challenges (PDF) Alliance for Health Reform, orig. pub. 6/99 [More like this] Employer-Sponsored [Health] Coverage: Changes in the Wind? (PDF) Alliance for Health Reform, orig. pub. 6/99 [More like this] BenefitsBoards.net - Top Topics Can this participant borrow $50,000 by taking 2 loans 1 day apart instead of one loan? In light of the tax deferral already present in a 401k and the charges for mortality and other fees (in a variable annuity) is it appropriate to include variable annuities as an investment choice in a 401k plan? I am trying to secure statistical information about how long a company with "x" number of employees makes their employees wait before they receive the company contribution toward health insurance.

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