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BenefitsLink Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter
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[Guidance Overview]
Employers Must Comply with Changes to San Francisco Health Care Mandate Beginning January 1, 2012
"While these changes again raise federal [ERISA] preemption concerns, barring a challenge (which seems unlikely), the Ordinance's new requirements will go into effect. Employers, particularly those using a health reimbursement account plan (HRA) or a health savings account (HSA) plan, should consider compliance preparations with the assistance of legal counsel."
(Jackson Lewis LLP)
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7th Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress [Advert.]

Find solutions to empower improved health outcomes, restructure benefits to achieve cost sustainability and implement measurable wellness and benefit designs that stand up to CFO-scrutiny. February 7-9, Washington, DC
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NY Retiree Group Sues over Increase in Health Benefit Costs
"The suit asks for a rollback of a 2% increase in the percentage retirees pay toward the cost of their health insurance premiums. The lawsuit, RPEA, et. al. vs. Cuomo, et.al. . . . asks that Cuomo and other state officials who 'administratively extended' provisions of negotiated union contracts to retired public employees be legally stopped from imposing such terms on existing retirees."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
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California Supreme Court Says County Retirees' Health Coverage Is Vested
"'Under California law, a vested right to health benefits for retired county employees can be implied under certain circumstances from a county ordinance or resolution,' wrote Justice Marvin R. Baxter for the court in a decision involving Orange County employees and retirees."
(Governing)
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State Health Care Reform Update, December 9, 2011
"For the last few years, states have been leading the way toward more comprehensive health care coverage to ensure that more people have or can obtain health insurance. With the passage of federal health care reform, states will have increasing responsibilities in regard to employer-provided health insurance benefits."
(Wolters Kluwer Law & Business / CCH)
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[Opinion]
Social Insurance and Individual Freedom
"The continuing debate over the Affordable Care Act and the commentary on this blog have convinced me that nothing can ever unite Americans on their vision of an ideal health system."
(The New York Times; free registration required)
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[Opinion]
To Fix the Health Care System, Look at the Allocation, Not the Costs
"It's common knowledge that the United States spends more than any other country on health care but still ranks in the bottom half of industrialized countries in outcomes like life expectancy and infant mortality. Why are these other countries beating us if we spend so much more? The truth is that we may not be spending more — it all depends on what you count."
(The New York Times; free registration required)
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Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
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Employee Perks Program Lets Small Businesses Offer Big Benefits
"The [BetterWorks Perks Platform] enables SMBs to provide 'large company-style' perks to their employees by offering them a cafeteria-style menu of discounted rates on food and beverages, entertainment, education, auto services, health and wellness, travel, pet care, recreation, cleaning services and more. Discounts average 15 to 30 percent, the company says."
(TechMediaNetwork.com)
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[Opinion]
Another Unexpected Twist in the Shareholder Say on Pay Lawsuits
"The new twist is good news. On Monday, the judge ordered the plaintiffs' attorneys to show cause for why the court should not vacate the ruling in the Cincinnati Bell case due to sanctionable conduct by the plaintiffs' attorneys. The conduct alleged is somewhat technical, involving a fib as to the state of residence and, therefore, subject matter jurisdiction, but we will take it any."
(Michael S. Melbinger via Winston & Strawn LLP)
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Press Releases
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