Data About Worker Illness Remains Elusive In Meatpacking Plants Even As They Reopen

As Meatpacking Plants Reopen, Data About Worker Illness Remains Elusive by Michael Corkery, David Yaffe-Bellany and Derek Kravitz.  The New York Times.  May 25, 2020.

Employers Take More Aggressive Role In Health Care Cost Negotiations

A Tough Negotiator Proves Employers Can Bargain Down Health Care Prices by Marshall Allen.  NPR.  October 2, 2018. 

Employees Who Decline Genetic Testing Could Face Penalties Under Proposed Bill

Employees Who Decline Genetic Testing Could Face Penalties Under Proposed Bill by Lena H. Sun.  The Washington Post.  March 11, 2017. 

Wearable Devices Capable of Collecting Data On Employee Health And Movement Raise Legal and Ethical Issues

As Wearables In Workplace Spread, So Do Legal Concerns by Patience Haggin.  The Wall Street Journal.  March 13, 2016.

Employer Health Coverage Requirement Postponed With Relatively Limited Impact On Coverage

Delay In Major Health Law Provision Raises Doubts At Critical Stage Of Rollout by Jay Hancock and Julie Appleby.  Kaiser Health News.  July 2, 2013.

(1)  Under the decision, the requirement that employers with ____________ offer health coverage is delayed.

(2)  This delay could have a relatively small effect on insurance coverage because far more will be covered by ____________________________.

(3)  The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the health law ___________________________  the first year because most employers _______________.

(4)  Still some employers may ________________ some employeesonto the exchanges with no penalty, some analysts say.

(5)  Employees whose employers may not now offer coverage the first year may still be eligble to __________________.

(6)  Questions about which employers are subject to the employer mandate revolve around definitions of what constitutes a _____________ firm who qualifies as a ____________ staffer.

(7)  While firms with under 50 employees are not required offer coverage under the health care law, if they do the coverage must offer _________________.

(8)  Another problem that will arise from the delay decision is determining eligibility for ___________.

Georgia Firms Share Ways To Cut Health Costs

GA. Firms To Share Ideas On Cutting Health Costs by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  February 13, 2013.

Employers are increasingly seeking to provide incentives for healthy employee behavior, share best practices with other Georgia firms, and forming cost effective relationships with healthcare providers.