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November 5, 2003 - 8,649 subscribers
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IRS Official Reveals Penalty-Free Ways to Fix Your Pension Plan Problems An Interactive Audio Conference, November 13, 2003, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET During this audio conference, you'll learn about the recent changes to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), the benefits of complying, as well as the penalties associated with non-compliance from an IRS official who will also answer your specific questions.
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Committee-Approved Bill Would Bar Excluding Sports Injuries From Insurance Coverage
Excerpt: "A U.S. Senate Committee Wednesday approved a bill that would close what lawmakers describe as a loophole in a 1996 insurance anti-discrimination law-- a loophole sponsors of the measure say could allow health insurance plans to deny coverage for injuries sustained doing common recreational activities or riding a motorcycle to work." (Reuters via Medscape; one-time registration required)
Not Just for PPOs Anymore: HMOs Ready to Enter Consumer-Directed Health Game
Excerpt: "The growing popularity of consumer-directed health is prompting some HMOs to develop plans of their own to compete with large insurers and the vendors that pioneered the CDH concept several years ago." (Inside Consumer-Directed Care via AISHealth.com)
Medicare Drug Bill Accord Seen As 'On Life-Support'
Excerpt: "Talks on a Medicare prescription-drug bill may be breaking down, as negotiators struggle to resolve tough sticking points and a key Senate Democrat yesterday declared the bill 'on life-support.'" (Washington Times)
Democrats Assail GOP on Drug Bill
Excerpt: "Key Senate Democrats yesterday stepped up their attacks on Republican efforts to open Medicare to competition from private health plans, and they warned that the dispute threatens to block a compromise on legislation to provide a prescription drug benefit for elderly Americans." (Washington Post)
Opinion: 9/11 Disability Bill for New York City Employees Is Generous to a Fault
Excerpt: "[T]he Velella-Abbate legislation ... would grant disability pensions to 9/11 workers who came down with ailments ranging from cancer and heart disease to anxiety or depression. The conditions could develop before or after retirement, and claimants would not have to prove that their ills were caused by 9/11 service. That would simply be presumed." (New York Daily News)
Newly Posted or Renewed Job Openings
ERISA/Employee Benefits Attorney
for Bullivant Houser Bailey P.C.
in OR
Group Account Associate (03-0025237)
for Wachovia Corporation
in VA
External Wholesaler
for MassMutual
in TX
Employee Benefits Administrator
for Kidder Benefits Consultants, Inc.
in IA
Sr. Benefits Analyst
for CB Richard Ellis
in CA
Actuarial Associate
for Alliance Benefit Group
in IL
Actuarial Student
for Qualified Benefits Consultants, Inc.
in MO
Taft-Hartley Funds Administrator
for Office
in DC
Defined Benefit/Defined Contribution Account Manager
for National Retirement Services, Inc.
in CA, NC
Newly Posted Webcasts
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The ESOP Solution for Private Companies
on November 18, 2003
presented by Beyster Institute
Newly Posted Conferences
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What You Need to Know About FMLA and Workers' Compensation
in ALL STATES
November 24, 2003
Thompson Publishing Group, Inc.
Newly Posted Press Releases
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New Employee Health Benefits Product Penetrates the Marketplace: First Company Signs Up
(DataPath, Inc.)
Consumer Group Says Bush Should Weigh in with Supreme Court on Fate of State HMO Liability Laws
(Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights)
Retirement Planning Doesn't Have to Be Scary -- A New Guidebook Explains Why
(Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER))
BenefitsLink and Pensions & Investments Magazine Receive 2003 NAGDCA Media Recognition Awards
(National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc.)
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