Iowa

Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget

By Stephen Braun | May 17, 2013

Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to an Associated Press review of public tax filings by 93 such activist groups. A few groups built...
Landmark $240M EEOC verdict to be slashed to $1.6M

By Ryan J. Foley | May 13, 2013

A $240 million verdict awarded to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were subjected to years of abuse by their handlers will be reduced to just $1.6 million.
Top 10 cheapest states for long-term care

By Marlene Y. Satter | May 3, 2013

Will you or your client be one of the 70 percent of people over 65 who will need long-term care at some time in your life? Genworth’s annual study on the cost of LTC indicates that if you are, you will — unsurprisingly — be paying more for it.
Sales tactics for critical illness insurance evolving

By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | May 1, 2013

Sales tactics also are evolving, not only for group and worksite plans, but for individual plans for the self-employed, very small businesses and even as an adjunct for additional homeowner protection.
Health reform in our time

By Denis Storey | May 1, 2013

1993—U.S. Sen. John Chafee, R-Rhode Island, introduces the “Health Equity and Access Reform Act,” which includes a mandate, complete a non-compliance “penalty.” Supporters include Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Republican Kit Bond from Missouri.
1. Health reform in our time

By Denis Storey | April 30, 2013

A timeline of health reform, the moments, turning points and events that defined the debate, 1993-present.
Demand rising for critical illness policies

By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | April 28, 2013

Sales tactics also are evolving, not only for group and worksite plans, but for individual plans for the self-employed, very small businesses and even as an adjunct for additional homeowner protection.
The least stressed-out state is ...

By Kathryn Mayer | April 26, 2013

Feeling stressed? Here’s a fun solution: Try moving to Hawaii.
ARAG survey links stress reduction to legal plans

By Allen Greenberg | April 25, 2013

Human resource managers noodling on ways to boost productivity and wellness in their workforce might want to consider the results of a survey from legal plan seller ARAG.
Will the group health dam break, or just leak a little?

By Allison Bell | April 24, 2013

Whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges will work was one of the questions that kept coming up Wednesday at a hearing on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services fiscal year 2014 budget proposal.