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  • Top 10 Ways to Make Health Benefits Work for You There are many different types of health benefit plans. Find out which one your employer offers, then check out the plan, or plans, offered. From the Department of Labor.
  • Health Benefits Under the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act (COBRA) There was a time when group health coverage may have been terminated when a worker lost his job or changed employment. That changed in 1986 with the passage of health benefit provisions in the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). From the Department of Labor. In PDF format.
  • Health Insurance Regulation: Varying State Requirements Affect Cost of Insurance HEHS-96-161, Aug. 19, 1996 (34 pages). State health insurance regulation is intended to protect consumers through oversight of health plans' financial solvency, monitoring of insurers' market conduct to prevent abuses, and mandated coverage for particular services. Although these measures do benefit consumers, they result in costs to insurers that are ultimately passed on to consumers in their premiums.
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