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Dear (Contact First Name),
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CVS To Workers: Tell Us How Much You Weigh or It'll Cost You $600 a Year
CVS Caremark has put its employees on notice that they need to reveal their weight or pay a monthly $50 penalty.
"Avoid the $600 annual surcharge," CVS warns its employees who use the company's health insurance plan. They've been told they are required by May 1 to show up to a doctor for an annual WebMD Wellness Review and submit to tests for blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol and body mass and body weight.
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DOL Releases New FMLA Model Forms and Notice Poster
In February 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released revised model Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") forms to administer federal FMLA leave. A new notice poster was also released.
The updated forms should be used by employers immediately, although they include no substantive revisions despite recent rulemaking on the FMLA military caregiver leave provisions. The new forms expire on Feb. 28, 2015. Following are links to the revised model forms: Read More
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Health Insurers Warn on Premiums
Health insurers are privately warning brokers that premiums for many individuals and small businesses could increase sharply next year because of the health-care overhaul law, with the nation's biggest firm projecting that rates could more than double for some consumers buying their own plans.
The projections, made in sessions with brokers and agents, provide some of the most concrete evidence yet of how much insurance companies might increase prices when major provisions of the law kick in next year-a subject of rigorous debate. Read More
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