Benefit Trends & Developments
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If you just started your own agency, or if you are a new agent at the firm looking to establish a good reputation, the Benefit Trends & Developments newsletter is just what you need. Prices start at under $300 / year.
Available in a 4-page PDF format, this quarterly newsletter will help you to build your reputation as a knowledgable professional in the group health care benefit market. Each issue includes stories that your clients will be interested in reading taken from the previous 3-months of The Benefit Plan Watch newsletter. . The stories report on various studies & surveys, as well as on changes in regulations being discussed & implemented in Washington, DC. that impact employee healthcare benefits.
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Newsletter Teasers - 2010 – 2nd Quarter
U.S. Health Care Reform – What Do We Know?
After a year of negotiations, deal-making and procedural maneuvering, the United States Congress passed extensive health care reform legislation, which President Obama signed into law. In the process there has been much confusion on just what is contained in the 2,000+ pages of the legislation, which actually required passage of multiple bills. This newsletter provides an overview of the coming changes taking place in the next few years.
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Company Realized $30 million in Avoidable Expenses by Focusing on Preventive Care
Last month Lafarge North America Inc., was honored with the Healthy Workforce Productivity Award which recognizes leadership in the area of health and productivity and honors an employer that has worked with its employees to develop, implement and measure an innovative health and productivity initiative.
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Study Reveals Risk of Having A Critical Illness Before Age 65
A 25-year-old male non-smoker has a 24 percent chance of having a critical illness (cancer, heart attack or stroke) prior to turning age 65. The same-aged male who smokes has a 49 percent chance according to the first National Critical Illness Risk Assessment Study. “Survival comes with a high cost even for those with health insurance which often is accompanied by co-pays, high deductibles and exclusions for various new treatments.”
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Newsletter Teasers - 2010 – 1st Quarter
Employers Can’t Afford Not to Have Health and Productivity Programs
Uncertain employment conditions may contribute to greater lifestyle-related health risks among employed persons, according to new data analysis. When considering cutbacks in health and productivity management (HPM) programs, employers need to know that employees are more likely to engage in hazardous health behaviors when employment conditions are uncertain and risky health-related behaviors reduce employee productivity. According to the analysis recently released by IBI, now more than ever, employers stand to benefit from encouraging healthy lifestyle choices for workers.
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Voluntary Products Have Significant Role in the Overall Benefits Package
According to a recently released survey, voluntary benefits are a fundamental part of employers’ benefit plans. Employers are offering voluntary options as way to better meet the needs of a diverse workforce. Eighty-four percent of the employers who responded to the survey currently offer voluntary benefits and an additional 5% plan to offer voluntary benefits in the future.
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Wellness Survey: Businesses Look to Wellness Programs to Improve Productivity and Lower Absenteeism
Improving productivity by keeping employees healthy and working is emerging as the top business objective for employer-sponsored wellness programs around the world. The two exceptions are the United States, where reducing health care cost increases overwhelmingly continues to be the top goal, and Asia, where the most important objective is improving workforce morale.
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