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Single-Payer Health Care: Vermont Takes Lead
"Vermont still has 'a few challenges' ahead to meet its goal of a universal health care system this decade, Gov. Peter Shumlin said Thursday as he signed into law the bill designed to make the state the nation's first with fully publicly funded health care. . . . Among Vermont's challenges: getting waivers from the federal government . . ." (Christian Science Monitor)


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Americans Gave Up 448 Mil.lion Earned But Unused Vacation Days in 2010
"Only 38% of Americans said that they take all of their vacation days, according to the Expedia survey, with most only using a small portion of the coveted benefit." (Cable News Network)

Employer Self-Insurance Decisions and the Implications of the ACA
"[O]ur microsimulation analysis predicts a sizable increase in self-insurance only if comprehensive stop-loss policies become widely available after the ACA takes full effect and the expected cost of self-insuring with stop-loss is comparable to the cost of being fully insured in a market without rating regulations." (RAND)

Healthcare Reform's Minimum Medical Loss Ratios: How to Manage the Increased Risk?
"This paper discusses how insurers can adjust to major upward shifts in future claim costs." (Milliman, Inc.)

Benefits in General; Executive Compensation

An In-Depth Look Into Intergenerational Flows
"The goal of this paper is to carefully document the characteristics of within-family monetary transfers in the United States, using all nine waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)." (Center for Retirement Research at Boston College)

IRS Grants Tax Relief to Victims of Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding in Missouri
"The relief extends until June 30, 2011 deadlines for filing most returns, including Form 5500, and paying taxes otherwise due during the period of April 19, 2011 and June 30, 2011." (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business)

Unpaid Life Insurance and Annuity Benefits' Issues Continue to Intensify
"Attention to unclaimed property issues affecting life insurance companies . . . has significantly escalated in recent weeks, due to regulatory actions, media coverage, and public expressions of interest by the plaintiffs' bar. This Legal Alert discusses those developments and puts them into perspective." (Employee Benefit News; free registration required)

Press Releases

Employee Benefits Jobs

Plan Administrator for Retirement Plan & ERISA Specialists
for Dana Consulting Group, Ltd. in IL

Director - Relationship Manager
for Charles Schwab in AZ

Director - Relationship Manager
for Charles Schwab in TX

Director - Relationship Manager
for Charles Schwab in OH

Sr Manager - Relationship Mgr
for Charles Schwab in OH

Sr Manager - Relationship Mgr
for Charles Schwab in AZ

Sr Manager - Relationship Mgr
for Charles Schwab in TX

Benefits Manager (Job ID 25553)
for The Dannon Company in NY

Senior Manager, Professional Services
for CAPTRUST Financial Advisors in NC

401(k) Recordkeeping Accountant (OmniPlus)
for National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) in VA

Retirement Sales Plan Specialist - Internal Wholesaler
for ExpertPlan, Inc. in KS

Manager, Market Research
for Prudential in CT

Enrolled Actuary
for Pension Consulting Firm in CA

Manager of Pension Administration
for Port Authority of Allegheny County in PA

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