Consumer Driven Health Care

On April 15 the House passed the Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008. The provision must now be taken up by the Senate where its prospects are less certain, and the Bush administration has already indicated that it would veto the

The National Business Group on Health, a national non-profit organization of large employers, honored Unum and Fiserv Inc. yesterday with the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles Gold award. NBGH has offered this award for four years to recognize

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86.8 percent of employers surveyed believe more health care costs will shift to their employees in five years. 51 percent of employers feel that CDHPs will be the dominant health plan in five years. 47.4 percent of employers feel they

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60 percent of employers feel the government, and health plans and insurers should be responsible for controlling the cost of health care. 1 percent of employers feel the government should have a say in deciding which doctor or hospital pat