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	<title>Ken Mensio, CEBS &#187; FSAs</title>
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		<title>Data shows uptick in HSA, HRA account balances</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 21:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bruce Shutan May 1, 2011 A sluggish economy hasn&#8217;t slowed the nation&#8217;s health care consumerism movement, according to a recent analysis by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Health savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements covered about 21 million working &#8230; <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/health-care/data-shows-uptick-in-hsa-hra-account-balances/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed FSA tweak doesn’t go far enough, critics say</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bruce Shutan March 17, 2011 Benefit professionals have tirelessly lobbied for an end to the so-called use-it-or-lose it rule governing pretax employee contributions to a flexible spending account, which is now the centerpiece of a bipartisan proposal in Congress. &#8230; <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/health-care-reform-2/proposed-fsa-tweak-doesn%e2%80%99t-go-far-enough-critics-say/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IRS issues PPACA rules on OTC drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance on the purchases of over-the-counter medicines and drugs with flexible spending arrangements and health savings accounts under the new health care law.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, enacted in March, established a new uniform standard that, effective Jan. 1, 2011, applies to FSAs and health reimbursement arrangements. 
 <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/health-care/irs-issues-ppaca-rules-on-otc-drugs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>PPACA checklist for open enrollment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Santa, I imagine you’ll be making a list and checking it twice (20 times?) to make sure you have all your talking points in order so you can communicate effectively to employees how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect their benefits enrollment options.
(You might even envy Santa, in that he only has to check his list for young children, not adults up to age 26!)
At any rate, to help you ensure you communicate anything and everything, Mercer’s developed a list of what you’ll want to do and say before enrollment season kicks off this fall — and surely before many PPACA provisions take effect for plan years beginning on or after Sept. 23 (for most plans, Jan. 1, 2011). Take notes, pros. Here’s what to do if you have:
 <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/health-care-reform-2/ppaca-checklist-for-open-enrollment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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