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Survey: Nearly half of NYers don’t feel financially better off than four years ago
Most New Yorkers don’t see their finances as being better today than they were four years ago, according to an annual survey on the economy
United Healthcare survey finds that few consumers comparison-shop health-care prices
Most consumers don’t use online resources to compare health-care prices, according to a survey that UnitedHealthcare recently released. Just 14 percent of adults ages 18 and older turn to services on the Internet to look at prices for health-care treatments, procedures, and services, according to the survey. That’s lower than the 50 percent of consumers
Aon Study: Health-care premium increases slowed in 2012
This year, U.S. companies and their employees saw the lowest health-care premium rate increases in six years, according to an analysis by Aon Hewitt, the global human-resources consulting business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON). The average health-care insurance-premium rate increase for large employers in 2012 was 4.9 percent, down from 8.5 percent in 2011 and
Kaiser Survey: Health premiums grew by less than 5 percent in 2012
Employer-sponsored health-insurance premiums grew more slowly in 2012 than in previous years, but still rose faster than inflation. That’s according to a recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust. The national survey found that annual family health-insurance premiums increased 4 percent to $15,745. Premiums for single coverage edged up
Grants available for biomass projects
The New York Biomass Energy Alliance is seeking applicants for technical assistance grants that will help bring biomass projects closer to commercialization. The grants could
Bonadio Group launches construction consulting division
The Bonadio Group is forming a new consulting division focused on the construction industry. The Rochester–based accounting firm’s Bonadio Construction Consultants Division (BCC) will provide
CDPHP expands Medicare Choices HMO coverage area
ALBANY — Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP) is spreading its Medicare Choices HMO product to 10 new counties for 2013. The not-for-profit health
Pathfinder declares Q3 dividend
OSWEGO — Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBHC), holding company for Pathfinder Bank, declared a dividend of 3 cents a share for the third quarter. The
Baldwinsville business owner wins pitch competition
BALDWINSVILLE — The owner of a Baldwinsville–based business was one of 30 winners of the Make Mine a Million competition in New York City. Kelli
EBRI: Consumer-driven health plan members growing more content
Satisfaction with consumer-driven health plans is trending up, even as contentment with traditional plans wanes. Those findings are part of a report from the Washington, D.C.–based Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). They come from an analysis of the 2011 EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey, as well as annual versions of that survey dating
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