Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Younger generations change jobs more often than Baby Boomers do, and when they do, they're more likely than the population as a whole to cash out their 401(k) accounts, according to Hewitt Associates.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
"How Does the Benefit Value of Medicare Compare to the Benefit Value of Typical Large Employer Plans?" Kaiser Family Foundation/Hewitt Associates: The analysis compares the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program, including the drug benefit, with a typical large employer PPO plan and with the
The Birmingham Business Journal (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
After a steady decline in health care cost trends for the past eight years, U.S. companies have seen average rate increases around 6 percent to 7 percent, according an analysis by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting company. (HEW)
American Shareholders Association (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
The ever-helpful Hewitt Associates reports that employer health cost growth is now around 6 percent per year (just about the nominal GDP average, which is not too bad given recent history here). Digging deeper, though, the employee share of costs...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Orlando-area employers experienced some of the biggest increases in health-care costs in the nation this year, according to an annual study released Tuesday by Hewitt Associates.
American Shareholders Association (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
In a larger story on hardship withdrawals, the WSJ has this unnerving nugget on how 401(k) shareholders are moving out of stock and into cash and bonds:According to Hewitt Associates Inc., a Lincolnshire, Ill., consulting firm, the total stock allocation...
The Business Courier of Cincinnati (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Cincinnati had the highest health-care costs increases in the country for 2008, Hewitt Associates said in a recent report.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Health care costs for Cincinnati-area companies increased faster than any place in the nation in 2008, according to Hewitt Associates, a human-resources and consulting firm.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
The combined average premium and out-of-pocket costs for health coverage for a U.S. worker are projected to increase by nearly 9% in 2009, to $3,826 per year, according to an annual study by Hewitt Associates, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
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kellya | 23/09/2008
American workers with job-based health insurance can expect to spend 8.9% more for their health care in 2009, according to a study. The cost to businesses of providing health-care benefits will rise by 6.4% on average in 2009, Hewitt Associates Inc. predicts, bringing the average annual premium cost per employee to $8,863, up from $8,331 now. While the growth rate in health-care costs is holding steady
On Our Radar Today (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Suburban Chicago-based Hewitt Associates (NYSE: - ) is one of the leading providers of human resources outsourcing and consulting services in the world. With more than 60 years of experience in human resources, Hewitt now provides human resources services in 33 countries.Employment service companies generally participate in the later stage of an economic recovery. With the unemployment rate having...
VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
While Medicare has assured there will be no rise in premiums in 2009 for majority of its elderly and disabled members, a study by Hewitt Associates projects a 9 percent rise in premium and out-of-pocket expenses for individual workers. For companies, the cost of a health insurance policy will rise to 6.4 percent, which will hike the yearly bill to $8,863. For individuals, the premium is forecast to...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Employers are shifting more health costs onto employees, with premiums and deductibles for workers set to rise 9 percent in 2009, an analysis says. Hewitt Associates of Lincolnshire, Ill., predicts individual workers will see their costs rise nearly 9 percent to $3,826 per year while companies will see their health-insurance costs rise 6.4 percent to an annual...
The Street (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
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kellya | 23/09/2008
American workers with job-based health insurance can expect to spend 8.9% more for their health care in 2009, according to a study. The cost to businesses of providing health-care benefits will rise by 6.4% on average in 2009, Hewitt Associates Inc. predicts, bringing the average annual premium cost per employee to $8,863, up from $8,331 now. While the growth rate in health-care costs is holding steady
