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[Guidance Overview]
Delayed Application of Nondiscrimination Rules for Insured Medical Plans (PDF)
2 pages. Excerpt: "The delayed effective date for insured plans has no effect on the nondiscrimination rules that apply to self-insured plans; plan sponsors should continue to test their self-insured medical plans to ensure that the plans comply with the existing 105(h) Rules."
(Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP)
Vermont: Creating a Singular Health System
Excerpt: "While Massachusetts grapples with its own health costs, the nation's eyes will be on Vermont as it tries to do ObamaCare one better and switch to a single-payer health insurance system. The newly elected governor, Peter Shumlin, made single-payer a main campaign pledge. Now he has assembled a team of health officials grounded both in the realities of Vermont medical care and the pros and cons of comprehensive health reform."
(The Boston Globe)
A Bid to Expand Eligibility for Weight-Loss Surgery
Excerpt: "A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel last month recommended allowing doctors to use the Lap-Band, a less drastic form of weight-loss surgery, in somewhat thinner, but still obese patients. Those with BMIs of 30 to 35 and medical complications of obesity would qualify. People who are 5-foot-5 and weigh 180 to 210 fall in that range."
(The Philadelphia Inquirer)
[Opinion]
Video: Connecting Employee Health with Business Health
Excerpt: "Tom Parry, president of the Integrated Benefits Institute, connects the dots between employee physical health and employer financial health, as well as considerations for employers weighing whether to stay in or get out of health care."
(Employee Benefit News; one-time free registration required)
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Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
U.S. Policy Scan 2011: Outlook for the Year Ahead (PDF)
21 pages. Excerpt: "SNR Denton's US Policy Scan 2011 provides our annual look ahead at the legislative and political agenda, as well as key events to watch for in the new year. The results of the 2010 midterm congressional elections have created a new paradigm in Washington and returned America to an era of divided government."
(SNR Denton)
How Important Are Inheritances for Baby Boomers?
Excerpt: "This study quantifies the aggregate amount of inheritances that baby boomers - those individuals born between 1946 and 1964 - can expect to receive over their lifetimes, and the distribution of past and prospective receipts by household type."
(Center for Retirement Research at Boston College)
Text of Live Q&A Session with EBSA's Phyllis C. Borzi
Phyllis Borzi, Assistant Secretary for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, participates in a web chat concerning the Agency's regulatory priorities for the next several months.
(U.S. Department of Labor)
Fee Transparency Initiatives the Focus of EBSA Regulatory Agenda
Excerpt: "As EBSA works to finalize this rule as applicable to pension plans, simultaneously it will move forward with its related welfare plan initiative. The welfare plan initiative involves a consideration of whether, and to what extent, service relationships in the welfare plan context should be subject to similar fee and compensation disclosure requirements."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
IRS Says That Individual Taxpayers Will Have Until April 18 to File Tax Returns
Excerpt: "That's because Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls this year on Friday, April 15. The IRS notes that, by law, District of Columbia holidays impact tax deadlines in the same way that federal holidays do; 'therefore, all taxpayers will have three extra days to file this year' (and yes, taxpayers requesting an extension will have until October 17 to file their 2010 tax returns)."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
How Important Are Intergenerational Transfers for Baby Boomers?
Excerpt: "We estimate that two-thirds of boomer households will receive some inheritance over their lifetime, with a median amount of $64,000. The estimates are based on data obtained before the economic crisis, so our analysis explores how the collapse in the stock and housing markets might affect the picture."
(Center for Retirement Research at Boston College)
ESOP Webinar Replay Collection Now Available from NCEO
The NCEO has packaged over 40 Webinar replays on various aspects of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and related topics for a nominal fee. They are viewed online and include downloadable handouts in PDF format. (National Center for Employee Ownership
(NCEO))
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