Seventy-one percent of carriers and employers insist health care reform is 'extremely positive' for the medical tourism industry. But obstacles remain.
Forty-five states and the District of Columbia will each receive $1 million to help improve health premium oversight, the Department of Health and Human Services announced this week.
Experts at MetLife say workers are in a state of shift with how they approach saving for retirement. Research shows employees in defined contribution plans are now focused on preserving lifetime income, rather than a singular focus on asset accumulation.
Almost all (90 percent) of U.S. companies surveyed recently by Hewitt Associates say they anticipate losing their grandfathered health plan status by 2014, with the majority expecting to do so within the next two years.