Will Tanning Tax Remove Your Glow?
With many still trying to figure out the health reform law, tanning aficionados have their own taxing problem. Effective July 1, 2010, bronzed individuals that frequent tanning salons will meet the health reform law up close and personal. Continue Reading »
Prescription Drug Abuse Match Illegals in Emergency Visits
Prescription drug and over-the counter medication abuse sent as many people to the emergency room in 2008 as illegal drug use did.
A recent report released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Emergency Department Visits Involving Nonmedical Use of Selected Prescription Drugs — United States, 2004–2008, reported the startling results. Continue Reading »
Grandfathered Health Plan Rules Make Some Cranky
For some employers and individuals, the interim rule on grandfathered plans leaves them cranky and out of sorts.
The new health reform law “grandfathered” existing health plans, exempting the plans from certain provisions. This followed the much-repeated promise that Americans could keep the health plan they loved. Continue Reading »
Sleep Studies Show Schedules Succeed
Pencil sleep into your schedule and you just might become a star. Two recent studies presented at SLEEP 2010, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC, demonstrated the value of scheduling more sleep.
Does Strings to Small Business Tax Credit Tie Up Benefit?
Health Care Tax Credit Questioned
Small business owners feel the pain of providing health care insurance for employees. The small business health care tax credit in the new health reform law offers help. Some, however, think the tax credit comes with too many strings. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released guidelines on the health care tax credit. Let’s look at some of the provisions. Continue Reading »
