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Almost 1 million employers, or 19 percent, plan to extend health care coverage to their employees' adult children before they're required to do so next year, according to new research from Hewitt Associates.

Research shows individuals who have a health plan with integrated benefits are far more likely to obtain necessary care, take their medication appropriately, and get necessary lab tests associated with chronic conditions.

80 percent of hiring managers expect fewer than 5 percent of workers will voluntarily leave in 2010.

Growth for workers' compensation insurers is down, but experts at research and advisory firm Novarica say firms are strategizing with updated technology to stay competitive.

Only 45 percent of Americans feel confident making insurance decisions and more than 60 percent failed to correctly answer basic questions about insurance coverage in a new survey from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Extended unemployment benefits temporarily expired Monday following the Senate's decision to take its spring recess without approving a one-month deadline extension.

Hewitt's analysis of 6 million U.S. workers, for whom Hewitt managed benefits enrollment in the fall of 2009, revealed the highest number of active enrollees since Hewitt began tracking the data in 2003.

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis voiced her disappointment over the U.S. Senate's decision to recess for two weeks, without approving legislation that would have extended emergency unemployment insurance benefits.