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December 28, 2001 - 6,470 subscribers
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Opinion: the Next Big Health Crisis Is Now
Excerpt: "[T]his month, as Congress debated whether to include health insurance benefits in an economic stimulus package, advocates proposed only modest, short-term initiatives intended to get the newly unemployed through the next several months. But that could all soon change." (Jonathan Cohn in The New Republic)
U.S. Sues Allstate, Whose Agents Cite Age Discrimination
Excerpt: "The suit, filed in United States District Court in Philadelphia without a formal announcement, centers on a decision by Allstate to convert its 15,200-member sales force from regular employees with pensions and health care benefits to independent contractors.... By last June, all but 6,400 of the agents had become contractors. The remaining agents, 90 percent of whom were older than 40, were then dismissed ..." (New York Times via Yahoo!)
Ringing in the New Rules: Analysis of New Q&A Guidance on DOL's Claims Procedure Regulations (PDF)
Excerpt: "Among the topics covered are: the sometimes murky distinction between when a question from an employee is a casual inquiry about benefits and when it is an actual claim for benefits; the specific rules governing second-level health and disability appeals for plans that use them; and the requirements to disclose internal guidelines and protocols used in denying health and disability claims." (Gardner, Carton & Douglas)
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