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Managed Care August 2005	Who's Responsible For Controlling Costs? When it comes to controlling rising health care costs, consumers think the responsibility rests squarely on health insurance companies' shoulders, a new survey says.
Managed Care November 2006	Managed Care Outlook Health benefit costs continue to outpace CPI.
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Managed Care July 2007	Employers Take Greater Interest in Managing Chronic Conditions According to a new study, employers face major decisions on how (and whether) they will offer health care plans to their employees.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2004 Jill Jusko	Message Disbelieved One-fifth of employees question their company's truthfulness. How to improve this employer-employee dynamic?
Job Journal October 12, 2008 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Benefits a Big Deal at Small Firms When it comes to perks, smaller employers need to think big.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Efficiency Boosts Productivity Increased employee output increases productivity.
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Managed Care April 2001	Employees' tolerance of change underestimated? Health care prognosticators have lately been predicting the coming of a defined-contribution payment system in which an employer would give an employee a voucher (or other stipend) and tell him to go find and purchase his own health care benefits. But employers are unlikely to switch...
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Managed Care July 2007 Lola Butcher	Consumer-Directed Plans Fall Short of Expectation As the consumer-directed health plan design approaches its seventh year in the marketplace, some wonder if it will ever be more than a niche product.
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Managed Care March 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Transparency Catches Eye In Coalition's Deal With Medco A consortium of employers is paying the pharmacy benefit manager a new administration fee but taking all rebates and discounts.
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Managed Care May 2002	Small employers plan to shift increased costs to workers Small companies -- those with 3 to 24 employees -- are bracing for continuing health care cost increases, and indicate that they may have to shift more of that expense to workers
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Managed Care November 2002 Frank Diamond	Companies Leaning on Workers in Battle Against Pharmacy Costs A new urgency means that tiered formularies and higher copayments will become even more widespread, a recent survey indicates.
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