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...Fantini, a current committee member, said he believes that the plan can be “sustained” without significant modifications...
These days, national emergencies expire after six months unless formally continued by the President. After announcing an emergency, the President must indicate which emergency powers he plans to activate. In 1979, in response to the hostage crisis, President Jimmy Carter declared a national emergency, freezing all Iranian assets in the U.S. In 1999, President Bill Clinton declared a national emergency, prohibiting trade with members of the Taliban. President George W. Bush declared two national emergencies in September 2001, activating several obscure statutes, mostly related to calling up the armed forces. And although he proclaimed Hurricane Katrina an "incident of national...
...Family Foundation; over the same period, employee contributions to those premiums went up 128%. From 2006 to 2009, the percentage of insured individual workers with annual deductibles of $1,000 or more rose from 10% to 22%. Of companies that offered health benefits in 2009, 86% offered only one plan. (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...
...coverage altogether. The ones who are able to offer coverage are under greater and greater pressure. [In] the large-employer market, I see continued cost-shifting," says Tom Billett, a senior consultant for Watson Wyatt, a firm that advises companies (including TIME's parent company, Time Warner) on health-plan design...
...more firms are conducting "dependent audits," weeding out enrollees who don't actually qualify for coverage or charging employees more for dependents who are offered coverage elsewhere, like a wife who could get insurance through her own job but elects to be part of her husband's family plan. Increasing numbers are offering employees a bit of a break on their premiums if they are willing to complete health assessments. (Read "Understanding the Health-Care Debate: Your Indispensable Guide...