Employee-Paid

Fatalities among women resulting from lung cancer are starting to decline, with experts expressing caution that more needs to be done.

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.

A job forecast survey revealed an increase in hiring momentum during the first quarter, with more of the same likely in the second quarter.

Managed care company Cigna Corp. said it will expand its fast-growing international business to include individual health insurance coverage.

Doctors diagnosed more than 1.4 million new cancer cases in 2007, according to the American Cancer Society. One in two men and one in three women can expect to be diagnosed with some form of cancer in his or her lifetime.

Open Health Market allows employers and providers to negotiate without the middleman; however, some express concern about erosion of quality care.

While politicians continue debating the pros and cons of the health reform, Kaiser Health News notes a similar battle among media outlets.

Though catastrophic illness and major medical plans pay the bills for direct patient care, uncovered expenses ranging from deductibles to daily living aren’t covered. That’s where voluntary critical illness plans can help.