Health care: will employer-provided health benefits disappear by 2010?

Article Abstract:

A futuristic perspective of employer-provided health benefits, is presented. This is likely to get highly influenced by certain forces such as rising costs, rewards perspectives, shift to account based approaches, monetizing the health benefits commitment, the ownership society, web-enabled marketplace, new perspective of risk pooling, and the inevitability of consumerism. An overview of each of these is presented.

Economic aspects, Employee benefits

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Retiree health benefits at the crossroads

Article Abstract:

Retiree health benefits are available means for employers to manage their costs, enhance the security of redesigned benefits, and mitigate some of their potential legal exposure. The current state of retiree benefits are summarized and the key funding alternatives and related tax rules applicable to such benefits are explored.

Retirement Benefits, Analysis, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs

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Consumerism to control health care costs

Article Abstract:

Due to the increase in health benefit prices, the HR professionals are employing plans in selecting correct health schemes for clients. The aspects of the client-driven health benefit scheme, which is different from defined contribution (DC) strategy, are presented

Strategy & planning, Commodity & service prices, Services information, Planning, Services, Prices and rates, Human resource directors, Company business planning, Company pricing policy

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