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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will stop accepting applications for its Early Retiree Reinsurance Program after May 5, 2011, due to lack of funding.

Nearly 3,000 union mine workers rallied in southwestern Pennsylvania, the first major gathering of union members outside the states where lawmakers are already battling over collective bargaining rights.

In this blog, I’ll be highlighting some of the major events that occurred in the employee benefits business over the past week, as well as the news coverage surrounding them.

Still reeling from 2008's financial meltdown, the nation's second largest public pension system is deep in debt.

Research shows proposed changes to tax exclusion on retirement plans will affect lower-income workers

The Department of Labor continues to debate the meaning of fiduciary, as broker-dealers, investment advisors, and plan sponsors wait — until the bitter end.