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May 28, 2004 - 8892 subscribers
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Bush Plugs Computerizing Medical Records
Excerpt: "Bush promoted his goal of having health records available electronically in 10 years.... Bush said his administration is addressing problems with such measures as drug discount cards, tax-free health savings accounts and expanded federal support for community health centers with the goal of serving 16 million people." (AP via Yahoo! News)

Opinion: Bush's Healthcare Scam
Excerpt: "President Bush, speaking Tuesday at a Youngstown, Ohio, community health center, promised to help more uninsured Americans obtain affordable health care. But his key proposals are dubious health policy, waste taxpayer dollars, and are unlikely to increase coverage. They deserve more attention because they epitomize Bush's utterly cynical approach to governing. Here's what Bush would do." (Robert Kuttner in the Boston Globe)

Links to Items on Executive Comp, Benefits in General

To Foil Filching from Federal Fisc -- Test to Thwart (Some) Shelters
Excerpt: "Is the verb 'filch' too strong to describe a raid on the fisc by way of abusive tax shelters? In normal usage an 'abuse' connotes a corrupt practice. If we can identify corruption, in reference to tax practice, as frustrating collection of one's tax liability by unlawful means, I submit we have fairly described a filching. If anything, the verb is not strong enough." (Alvin D. Lurie)

Documenting Benefits Coverage for all Workers
Excerpt: "BLS data on employee benefits have, until recently, focused on subsets of the economy. As a result, aggregate data for all civilian and private industry workers could only be obtained in a piecemeal fashion. This article makes these data available for the first time in a single place.... These new data help to illuminate certain contrasts." (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor)

Overview: Senate Finance Committee Finishes Enron-Related Bill
Excerpt: "But let's not hold our breath when it comes to moving through pension legislation. Between Congress' itemized list of more pressing legislative priorities and 2004 being an election year, bills that are pension-related are basically -- not happening this year." (Financial-Planning.com)

Newly Posted Events

Mutual Fund Scandal
in Florida on June 24, 2004
presented by International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists - Orlando Chapter
Newly Posted Press Releases

Hewitt Study Shows U.S. Employees Sluggish in Interacting With 401(k) Plans
(Hewitt Associates LLC)

Invesmart Expands Cleveland Actuarial Practice
(Invesmart, Inc.)

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Appoints New Members To 2004 ERISA Advisory Council and Leadership Posts
(U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C.)

One in Four Private Companies Sued by Employees, Chubb Survey Finds
(Chubb Group of Insurance Companies)
Newly Posted or Renewed Job Openings
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Employee Benefits Sales Representative
for Great-West Healthcare
in AZ

401k Client Service Representative
for BISYS Retirement Services
in PA

Tax Attorney
for Slevin & Hart, P.C.
in DC

Retirement Services Major Accounts District Manager (Sales)
for ADP Retirement Services
in MI

Retirement Plan Specialist-Field in Missouri
for ICMA Retirement Corporation
in MO

Compensation Manager
for Harrah's Entertainment
in NV

Fund Administrator
for Taft-Hartley Benefit Plans - Chicago metro area
in IL

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