California

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  Experts warn of huge cost disparities in reform

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 13, 2013

  Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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  Calif. exchange granted secrecy

  By Michael R. Blood  |  May 9, 2013

  A California law that created an agency to oversee national health care reforms granted it broad authority to conceal spending on the contractors that will perform most of its functions, potentially shielding the public from seeing how hundreds of millions of dollars are spent.

• Baby boomers best ‘in history’ at retirement saving: Michael Finke

  By John Sullivan  |  May 9, 2013

  We’re in a retirement crisis, but it’s a “bit overblown,” Finke says.

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  High hospital bills go public, but will it help?

  By Connie Cass, Lauran Neergaard  |  May 9, 2013

  Why does a joint replacement cost 40 times as much at one hospital as at another across the country? It's a mystery, federal health officials say.

• House to vote to prioritize debt payments

  By Andrew Taylor  |  May 9, 2013

  The Republican-controlled House is moving to put U.S. bondholders and people on Social Security at the front of the line to be paid if the government hits its borrowing limit and is unable to meet all of its obligations.

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  ‘Retirement planning’ is old and outdated: Elizabeth Jetton on change

  By John Sullivan  |  May 6, 2013

  At the FPA Retreat, a rapid-fire delivery of all the change that is here and will be coming, and how advisors should react.

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  GOP seeks alternative to overtime pay

  By Sam Hananel  |  May 6, 2013

  It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay.

• Workers’ comp capacity could take a hit

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  May 3, 2013

  For large employers located in specific cities or in certain industries, there may be less insurance capacity for workers’ compensation risks, according to Marsh Inc.

• Unemployment rates fall in 90 percent of US cities

  By Christopher S. Rugaber  |  May 1, 2013

  Unemployment rates fell in nearly 90 percent of large U.S. cities in March, though most of the declines likely occurred because more Americans stopped looking for work, rather than found jobs.

• The Online 401(k) launches small business IRA option

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  May 1, 2013

  The Online 401(k) has launched a payroll-deduction IRA designed specifically for small businesses with 100 or fewer employees.