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House Panel OKs Pension Bill
By Staff WriterThe U.S. House Ways and Means Committee voted 23-17 Wednesday to approve a major pension system reform bill.[@@]The bill, H.R. 2830, already has been ...
October 31, 2005
Industry Asks For Role In Updating Disability ProgramThe Social Security Administration is in the middle of a mammoth battle to streamline the notoriously slow, frustrating Social Security Disability Insurance claim determination ...
October 19, 2005
UnumProvident Settlement Affects Social Security Recovery ProcessThe state of California and UnumProvident have settled the state's accusations that the insurer violated state law in its long-term disability claims process.Without admitting ...
September 23, 2005
Employer Group Attacks PBGC Funding FiguresThe Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. has overstated its deficit in ways that could cause problems for defined benefit plan sponsors and participants, according to ...
September 15, 2005
CBO Estimates Social Security Account CostsIf the federal government sets up an individual Social Security investment account system, officials may allocate less than $20 per account for annual administrative ...
September 14, 2005
CBO Director Has No Magic Pill For MedicareOne of the leading sources of answers in Washington says he has no quick and easy solutions for the problems that face Medicare and ...
September 14, 2005
Feds Decline To Expand Katrina Sponsor ReliefThe U.S. Treasury Department says there are limits on how generous it will be toward employers that want to use Hurricane Katrina as an ...
September 07, 2005
Financial Regulators Wrestle With KatrinaNational financial services regulators are starting to respond to Katrina by easing the regulatory burden on companies in the affected region.The U.S. Securities and ...