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New York: Group Health Opt-Outs Not an Option
By Allison BellAn employee at a New York state employer with true employer-paid group health coverage must stay in the plan -- or else, officials say.
January 28, 2011
IRA Rollover Gift Provision Expires MondayTaxpayers who act quickly may still be able to attribute an individual retirement account rollover charitable gift of up to $100,000 to 2010.
January 28, 2011
PPACA: Feds Seek Comments on Nonprofit Health PlansFederal regulators are gathering information that could be used to set up the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Program provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
January 28, 2011
Call for Wealth Sharing Marks DavosSpeakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday warned of unrest if concern for the poor, the jobless and the disadvantaged did not bring change.
January 27, 2011
Nonprofit Plan Advisory Board Announces MeetingThe Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Advisory Board -- a body that is supposed to help the government foster the creation of a new crop of nonprofit health insurers -- will hold a full-day public meeting in Washington Feb. 7.
January 27, 2011
MIB: Life Activity DropsU.S. life insurers received fewer requests for individual coverage in December 2010 than they did in December 2009, but activity for older applicants continued to be strong.
January 27, 2011
Researchers: Financial Ed Should Start Earlier, Reach MoreOrganizers of financial literacy programs could learn important lessons from the broad approach that public health officials take to spreading health literacy, researchers have told the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
January 27, 2011
CBO: Estate Tax Still Could Return to 2001 LevelsThe estate and gift tax provisions enacted in 2010 are set to expire in 2013, Congressional Budget Office analysts note in a budget outlook review.