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April 15, 2009
LIFE Readies Disability CampaignThe Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education has summoned a new superhero, Captain Indestructible, to rescue Americans from vulnerability to loss of income due to illness or injury.
April 15, 2009
O Team Cool To Health Plan TaxThe Obama administration is skeptical about the idea of funding health finance reform efforts by taxing group health benefits.
April 15, 2009
Transamerica Finds Planning GapsMany workers say they are getting professional financial retirement savings advice, but few say they have taken a systematic approach to forecasting retirement savings needs.
April 15, 2009
Health Czar SpeaksPrivate insurers could end up running a new public health insurance program for working-age Americans.
April 15, 2009
GAO: Pension Buyouts RiskyLetting for-profit companies take over troubled pension plans would do little to help the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., U.S. Government Accountability Office officials argue.
April 15, 2009
Hewitt Analyzes Match SuspensionsAn employer can save an average of about $1,500 per employee per year by stopping 401(k) plan contributions.
April 15, 2009
Retirement Still A Guessing GameMany U.S. workers admit they use highly informal methods to estimate how much savings they will need to accumulate before they can stop working.