Too bad neither side is offering a plan that actually would make a difference.
Most prepaid plans require either the parent or the child to be a resident of the state offering the plan and don't cover room, board and other expenses.
But here's something that we don't know, or anyway don't think about enough: Isn't it weird that in this dismal economic situation, neither of the two great U.S. political parties is offering a plan to do anything about the job situation?
By restricting government support to a single identical plan, it forces insurance companies offering the Basic Plan to compete to sell a uniform commodity, which will make competition really thrive.
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Ethical consultants who limited themselves to offering services to plan sponsors only, were being unduly penalized.
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Offering a prescription plan, in a subtle way binds the consumer to that pharmacy chain.
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Given the ratio of administrative costs to premiums, its hard to imagine anyone ever offering such a plan under the PPACA rules.
We still believe that Vanguard is among the best mutual fund companies offering defined contribution plan investment management, recordkeeping and administrative services.
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But the responsibility for offering participants a plan that has, at least, a good chance for success still rests with the sponsor.
Mr Van Rompuy is offering an alternative plan, a fast-track "fiscal compact" that does not need lengthy ratification by parliaments or national referendums.
But that all changed when Democratic leaders accused Republicans of stalling the talks by offering a new plan as a part of the deal.
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Since Wal-Mart claims to be a value oriented chain, it is interesting that Wal-Mart is not offering a similar plan for Nokia high-end phones.
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They posted messages ranging from defiance to offering an action plan.
The core of the Republican Medicare cost-reduction bill is Medicare Plus, a plan offering seniors a range of managed care plans, or HMO's, from which to choose.
As a result, it is likely that the proceeds from the offering whose tax plan was ultimately enacted would be measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
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In the Deep South, the Alabama State Employees Association got caught last year taking undisclosed payments from a third party for endorsing its retirement-plan offering to its union membership.
Many analysts have criticized the poor returns promised by Social Security, but under current circumstances, it would not be possible for a private plan offering the same risk profile to do any better.
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At this time, Newt Gingrich is the only presidential candidate offering an economic plan that contains all three of the elements required for rapid GDP and jobs growth: monetary reform, tax reform, and regulatory reform.
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The first thing I want to make clear is that if you are happy with the insurance plan that you have right now, if the costs you're paying and the benefits you're getting are what you want them to be, then you can keep offering that same plan.
Last week, I penned a long op-ed offering an alternate plan that first establishes key solo franchises to help generate far more buzz and anticipation for a Justice League movie, as well as helping to give audience a far more thorough introduction to the characters and help make the superheroes more relatable to mainstream non-comics-reading viewers.
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Among 400 employers with 50 workers or more, 71% said they plan to continue offering health insurance while just 3% said they plan to pay the penalty, according to a February survey by the National Small Business Association, a nonpartisan entrepreneur-advocacy group in Washington, D.
Once you know what you plan on offering, start getting the word out about your business participating in Small Business Saturday!
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Medtronic didn't appreciate the HMO's intransigence and ended up offering Definity's plan to 75% of its 20, 000 employees (so far, 16% have enrolled).
In the circumstances, it is hardly surprising that Mr Saakashvili's latest peace plan, offering Abkhazia unlimited autonomy, was dismissed as propaganda by the Abkhaz.
With the release of the STYLISTIC S01, Fujitsu and Orange plan on offering users in this market segment an innovative smartphone that provides outstanding usability.
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So there's sure to be much interest in September when more than 200 private colleges begin offering the Independent 529 Plan--a complicated new scheme that lets you prepay a child's private college tuition at a discount to today's rates.
Overhauling the nation's immigration system has gained momentum in recent days, as the senators' plan for offering a path to citizenship for many of the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants drew support from business leaders, labor groups and now Mr. Obama.
The cost of this can quickly add up, and wireless carriers know it (and typically thrive on it.) To attract more small businesses as customers, Verizon is striving to alleviate this pain by offering a Share Everything plan to small businesses, beginning January 24th.
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