Workers to Get Enhanced Dental and Vision Insurance
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After two years of planning and evaluation, enhanced insurance coverage for bad teeth and weak eyes will be offered to federal employees, retirees and their dependents this fall through contracts awarded to 10 companies.
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One of New England's top business leaders says companies should contribute more to employees' health insurance than is required by the state's healthcare revamp law.
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Using new technology, injured or disabled workers can talk their way to productivity.
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A group of the largest commercial hospital chains plans to propose that individuals be required to have basic health coverage.
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Sweeping new rules aimed at prodding companies into shoring up their pension plans and ensuring that workers get the retirement benefits they've been promised are about to become law.
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Demand is expected to result in higher salaries, more career advancement and flexible work environments.
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Gov. Martin O'Malley and Democratic legislative leaders yesterday proposed providing health insurance to 100,000 poor uninsured adults in Maryland and subsidizing small businesses that offer coverage to their employees.
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Workers could be offered pay settlements lasting up to three years
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A new law making it easier for companies to automatically enroll their employees in pension plans such as 401(k)s goes into effect soon, the Labor Department said Monday, a move the government hopes will spur increased retirement savings.
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A union-backed group is to launch two television ads today that feature Wal-Mart workers calling on their employer to improve working conditions and make company health insurance more affordable.
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Weekly deductions for premiums, higher co-payments and deductibles are all part of the health care package now taking shape for Kroger workers, union officials say.
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The Food and Drug Administration is giving workers more than $8 million in bonuses to keep them from defecting to pharmaceutical and other regulated industries, at the same time the agency is being pressed to spend more on food and drug safety.
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Eighteen months before Election Day, candidates in both parties are promising to overhaul the system and cover more of the 44.8 million people without insurance.
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The cost of health insurance provided by employers rose an average of 11.2 percent this year and is expected to rise again in 2005, adding to the economic anxiety of workers and businesses.
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A pay-as-you-drive car insurance scheme is being introduced by Norwich Union.
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WASHINGTON -- Executives from Wal-Mart and three other major U.S. employers on Wednesday joined hands with union leaders in setting a goal of providing "quality, affordable" health care for every American by 2012.
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The University of Maryland Dental School and an insurance company have partnered to provide low-income children with more access to dental care. The action comes six months after a 12-year-old Prince George's boy died from a tooth infection.