Some employers apparently are considering bare-bones plans that include preventive services but are missing much of anything else. No hospital stays, no surgery, X-rays or prenatal care.
Health insurance reform might be forcing employers to increasingly turn to part-time workers, but the trend away from full-time employment was well under way years ago.
After all of the hand-wringing, finger-pointing, accusations and the high anxiety, the International Foundation of Employee Plans put out a survey that puts things into proper perspective.
The Society for Human Resource Management is hoping regulators overseeing the implementation of health care reform will reconsider how they define 90 days.