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June 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Section 9002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") requires employers to disclose the aggregate cost of "applicable employer-sponsored coverage" on...

June 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") creates a program designed to help employers with the costs associated with providing retiree health...

I participate in a number of LinkedIn groups (and “sponsor” a couple). 

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going,” or so goes the old saying.  

June 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two weeks ago this column addressed new regulations related to coverage of adult children to age 26. 

June 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it was sending a questionnaire out to about a thousand 401(k) plan sponsors. 

June 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have lots of issues to deal with  - but perhaps none looms quite so large these days as getting a handle...

June 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Suppose you are the human resources director for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers a 403(b) plan.  You have paid attention to...

May 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a parent, you spend a lot of time telling your kids what to do, and perhaps more time than you think you...

May 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have lots of issues to deal with  - but perhaps none looms quite so large these days as getting a handle...

May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I’ve been a huge Star Trek fan for most of my life. 

May 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week's question(s) focus on the requirement to cover “dependents” up to age 26.

May 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have lots of issues to deal with—but perhaps none looms quite so large these days as getting a handle on what they...

May 11, 2010 - 403(b) plan sponsors have had their hands full. Regulatory changes in the final 403(b) regulations from the Treasury Department and new Form 5500 and...

While the markets were in an apparent freefall last week, I could hear former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulsen on the TV in the next room...