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		<title><![CDATA[Pfizer to Cap Retiree Health Benefits: Out of Time? Out of Luck.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10004412/pfizer-to-cap-retiree-health-benefits-out-of-time-out-of-luck/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pfizer is to cap the amount of healthcare benefits it will pay to retired employees based on their years of service with the company, according to The Day. Any retiree who hasn't worked long enough for Pfizer or who has expensive medical bills may find Pfizer's willingness to continue covering...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:38:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UPDATED: Walmart Axes Half the Drug Brands Covered in Employee Health Benefit Plan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walmart today axed half the branded drugs it covers in an employee health benefit plan, according to a letter leaked to BNET. Previously, Walmart's health benefits covered about 260 brand name drugs -- from Abilify to Zyprexa -- according to a Walmart "Quick Reference Preferred Brand List" from January 2009....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:40:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM Retirees Will See Health Benefits Cut]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The deal that General Motors just made with the United Auto Workers will require cuts in the medical benefits of retirees, according to papers submitted to union members. And the impending bankruptcy of the embattled auto giant might push those benefits over the edge in a few years.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 16:49:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chrysler Bankruptcy Threatens Retiree Health Benefits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chryslerâ€™s Chapter 11 bankruptcy has dealt another body blow to the tottering system of employer-based insurance. The United Auto Workersâ€™ health trust, which the Big Three automakers set up in 2007 to meet their retiree healthcare obligations, now has a 55 percent stake in the new company that will own...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 11:32:03 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Taxes For Health Benefits?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama denounced taxing employee healthcare benefits during his campaign but, as Joel Brown reports, the administration is signaling it could be open to the idea.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:30:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Copy to Xerox Retirees: Latest Restructuring Affects You, Too]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anticipating a challenging business environment in 2009, Xerox Corp. will slash five percent of its work force, or about 3,000 jobs, in the next six months. Although the copier maker continues to show growth in sales to small- and mid-sized businesses and in its annuity-like businesses, supplies and services sold...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:21:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[To Health Benefits Insurer Requesting Reimbursement For Expenses]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use this template to inform the health benefits insurer about the medical claim of your employee and demanding the check payable to the employee. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Government of Canada Invests Over $300,000 to Boost Health Benefits of Beef.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5559/is_200712/ai_n22580074]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CALGARY, ALBERTA, Dec 14, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- The  Government of Canada is investing $305,792 towards bringing to the  marketplace Canadian beef enhanced with bioactive lipids considered to  be beneficial to human health. The announcement wa  CALGARY, ALBERTA, Dec 14, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX --...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Media Avisory: Government of Canada to Announce Funding to Boost Health Benefits of Beef.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Dec 13, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- James  Bezan, Member of Parliament for Selkirk-Interlake, on behalf of the  Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and  Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, will be in Calg  OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Dec 13, 2007 (Marketwire via...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ken Garff Automotive Group Selects Humana to Provide Health Benefits Coverage for Its Utah Employees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Dec_10/ai_n27470208]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY -- Ken Garff Automotive Group, one of the largest and most-recognized dealer groups in Utah, has selected Humana (NYSE: HUM) to provide health benefit coverage for its 1,800 Utah employees and dependents, effective January 1, 2008.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Employer Health Benefit Costs Continue to Rise at Twice the Rate of Inflation, Mercer Survey Finds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Nov_19/ai_n21108295]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As health benefit costs per employee rises 6.1 percent for third year, percentage of employers offering coverage continues to drop]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Humana to Administer Health Benefits for HealthONE Employees and Dependents]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Nov_6/ai_n27434017]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[HCA-HealthONE, Metro Denver's Largest Hospital Company, Selects Humana to Administer HMO Plan for Employees Starting in 2008]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EA's Pogo.com Partners With Dr. Kathleen Hall to Raise Awareness on Health Benefits of Play]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life-Balance Expert Identifies Playing Casual Games as a Great Way to Reduce Stress]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Civil Unions get Health Benefits through UPS]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After receiving a letter from Gov. Jon S. Corzine, parcel shipping company UPS in Atlanta announced it would change its stance and extend health care benefits to the civil union partners of 8,700 union employees in New Jersey. The company began offering benefits to partners of management and administrative employees...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UPS Extends Health Benefits to N.J. Civil Union Partners]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_July_30/ai_n19394807]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA -- UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it would offer health care benefits to all civil union partners of hourly employees in New Jersey who are covered under collectively bargained union plans. Management and administrative employees in the state already have such benefits.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Softscape Delivers Efficiency Gains to Health Benefits Processing Firm NASCO]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_July_9/ai_n19345672]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Company Achieves a 38 Percent Increase in Performance Management Process Improvements]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[sanofi-aventis Canada Inc.: Are Health Benefit Plans the Remedy for Canada's Labour Shortage? Offering Coverage into Retirement Encourages Employees to Stay in the Workforce Longer.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5559/is_200706/ai_n22558698]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LAVAL, QUEBEC, Jun 14, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Against a  backdrop of growing skills shortages, health benefit plans can become a  strategic tool for Canadian employers to attract and retain top talent.  In addition, these plans can play a mean  LAVAL, QUEBEC, Jun 14, 2007...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Humana Introduces Affordable Consumer-Focused Health Benefit Coverage to Employers in Utah]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_April_17/ai_n27204641]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Products Offer a Long-Term Solution to Rising Costs and a Hassle-Free Process]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Launches Prefunding Plan for Retiree Health Benefits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Feb_26/ai_n27305385]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Public Employees' Retirement System CalPERS today announced the creation of a new trust fund that allows public employers that contract with CalPERS for employee health benefits to prefund the future cost of their retiree health insurance benefits and other post-employment benefits OPEB.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RESEARCH : ORGANIC PRODUCE BRINGS CLEAR HEALTH BENEFITS, RESEARCHERS CLAIM.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6567/is_200701/ai_n25948197]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientific evidence suggesting that organic milk has specific  benefits in the fight against heart disease and obesity was one of the  new findings highlighted by the European Commission on 12 December,  during a presentation of the latest EU-funded res  Scientific evidence suggesting that organic milk has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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