Florida claims the have a low cost plan, but this claim is based on an incomplete disclosure of fees and expenses.
Any savings consumers achieve by picking a lower cost plan should roll into a health savings account that they can use to offset out-of-pocket medical expenses.
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Even if as many as one-quarter of all beneficiaries moved into a low-cost plan offered in their area, the new system would still result in more than a third of all beneficiaries facing higher premiums.
So, you know, what we didn't want to do is this coming across as just a cost cutting plan.
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The decision was part of an "overall cost reduction plan", Mr Pincus wrote.
This is mostly because the new federal premium subsidies will be based on the premium of the second lowest cost Silver plan.
This is the most painful part of an overall cost reduction plan that also includes significant cuts in spending on data hosting, advertising and outside services, primarily contractors.
In December, Prince unveiled a cost-cutting plan led by investment banking head Robert Druskin.
The workers are taking the action because the company is implementing a 5m euros cost-cutting plan.
The company also announced a cost-cutting plan that will include an 18%-20% staff reduction.
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In 1999, the average individual health insurance plan cost 11 percent of per-capita income.
If a plan cost less than the voucher, a beneficiary could pocket the extra cash.
Part of the cost-cutting plan involve consolidation offices, relocating more people to the corporate HQ in Sunnyvale, California.
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Enter Liazon, which helps employees find the most cost-effective plan for themselves, and save employers money in the process.
Anyway, back on January 25 the company announced that it launch a cost-reduction plan in attempt to become more profitable.
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The cost of that plan has not been calculated but is estimated to run into the hundreds of billions of dollars.
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By contrast, she wrote, a recent cost-cutting plan from Pfizer is expected to save twice that much as a percentage of costs.
She says the cost-cutting plan is going take about three years.
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If a chosen plan cost more, beneficiaries would pay the difference.
But the glass maker sees a difficult year ahead in 2013, and said it expects to install a cost-cutting plan that would include some job cuts.
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The Formula One Teams Association (Fota) said as well as a package for 2010, an agreement for a cost-cutting plan for 2009 had also been reached.
But White House budget director Peter Orszag tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that the industry cost-savings plan announced Monday is a big step toward overhauling the system.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific airline denied local reports that it was considering a cost-cutting plan to ground all flights as the region's carriers feel the effects of plummeting passenger numbers.
While we are waiting for the cost of our plan to be determined by the Congressional Budget Office, we already know it would be cheaper than other alternatives being discussed.
By contrast, she wrote, a recent cost-cutting plan from Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) is expected to save twice that much as a percentage of costs.
Prince has been trying to make things right by shuffling executives and putting a big cost-cutting plan in motion, but that hasn't stopped speculation that the company would be better off broken up into pieces.
Barstein: The cost of the broker overseeing the plan IS NOT included in the cost of the mutual fund.
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