Benefits Manager

For the fourth consecutive year, the HR Policy Association Pharmaceutical Coalition has certified Prescription Solutions by OptumRx, a pharmaceutical benefits manager, as part of HR Policys Transparency in Pharmaceutical Purchasing Solutions program.

Rhode Island lawmakers waded into state government's most dizzying fiscal problem Monday ahead of a special legislative session dedicated to addressing the rising costs of public pensions.

The number of people lacking health insurance increased to 49.9 million, a new high after revisions were made to 2009 figures.

Confronted with an economy that has decidedly underperformed this year, economists are scaling back their growth forecasts for 2011 and next year.

Some Social Security advocates fear that President Barack Obama's desire to cut taxes supporting the program will undermine its vaunted stature as a self-financing pension system that provides checks to retirees based on contributions they made while working.

Bank of America will cut about 30,000 jobs over the next few years in a bid to save $5 billion per year. The cost-cutting drive is part of a broader effort to reshape and shrink the nation's largest bank as it copes with fallout from the housing bust.

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Atlantic City's largest casino workers union is ramping up its opposition to proposed pay cuts as contracts with nine of the 11 gambling halls are set to expire Thursday.