Representatives
of three Business Council members recently discussed their
innovative efforts to reduce water use at a roundtable discussion
sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in
New York City
A
growing number of employers concerned about rising health-care
costs are contemplating new consumer-driven health plans, a
new study by a health-care consulting firm shows.
Nearly
half of employers surveyed by Hewitt Associates said they
may try to deflect rising health-care costs by offering employees
consumer-driven plans with health reimbursement arrangements
(HRAs)
Representatives
of three Business Council members recently discussed their
innovative efforts to reduce water use at a roundtable discussion
sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in
New York City
Governor
Pataki proposed a 2003-04 budget that would go forward with
$177 million in already enacted tax cuts, raise taxes on life
insurers, health insurers and property and casualty insurers,
and leave overall spending essentially the same as this year's
The
Business Council will co-sponsor the third annual Privacy
and Data Security Summit Feb. 26-28 at the Washington Hilton
Hotel.
The
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
says it is coordinating this summit in response to the need
for practical, industry-targeted, security training
A
growing number of employers concerned about rising health-care
costs are contemplating new consumer-driven health plans, a
new study by a health-care consulting firm shows.
Nearly
half of employers surveyed by Hewitt Associates said they
may try to deflect rising health-care costs by offering employees
consumer-driven plans with health reimbursement arrangements
(HRAs)
The state's so-called "labor-neutrality law"
and other HR-related legislation from the 2002 session will
be the focus of a March 4 meeting of The Business Council's
Labor and Human Resources Committee.
The
committee will meet from 10 a
Saying
auto insurance fraud costs New Yorkers more than $1 billion
a year, the Senate Majority has proposed new legislation to
combat that fraud.
As
many as one-third of all auto-insurance claims contain some
element of fraud, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said,
and that is "a major reason why auto rates in New York are
the fourth highest in the country
Forty-nine
states have cut Medicaid or made plans to do so in the current
fiscal year, and 32 have taken action twice, according to
a new report from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the
Uninsured.
"Thirty-two
states found it necessary to take further action to reduce
spending for the year, and five states, which had not taken
action prior to July, now feel cuts are necessary," according
to Medicaid Spending Growth: A 50-State Update for FY 2003
Governor
George Pataki has emphatically rejected proposals for higher
taxes that an increasing number tax-and-spend advocacy groups
have been advancing.
"Already
there are those rushing forward urging us to take the path
that New York and other states have taken before-massive job-killing
taxes," the Governor said in remarks Jan