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In a major break with the past, 3 million to 5 million people with drug and alcohol problems from homeless drug addicts to working moms who drink too much will soon become eligible for insurance coverage under the new health care overhaul.

Regal Entertainment Group has unleashed a torrent of criticism from customers on its Facebook page after cutting the hours of thousands of non-salaried employees to avoid Obamacare requirements to extend health insurance to workers who put in more than 30 hours a week.

The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) Pension & Health Benefits Committee approved new actuarial policies this week aimed at returning the system to fully funded status within 30 years.

Access Health CT has chosen HealthPass and bswift as providers of services and technology for the Connecticut health care exchange.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits increased just 4,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 352,000. The slight gain kept applications at a level consistent with solid hiring and suggests March's sluggish hiring may be temporary.

For HR managers who have had a front-row seat to some of the more seismic changes in health care benefits in recent years, the latest Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report will sound more than familiar.