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Entrepreneur January 2005 Joan Szabo	Tax-Free Bill of Health Tax-advantaged health-care spending accounts are proliferating and that means more opportunities to save on taxes as well as more ways for businesses to help pay for health costs. Here's a look at how each one stacks up.
Managed Care February 2004	Employers see cost-shifting efforts pay off In the fall of 2002, as employers were getting their first 2003 rates from the health plans, they were looking at a 14-percent increase," says Blaine Bos, one of the study's authors. "Then they took out their scalpel.... In 2003, employers took back lost ground."
Managed Care November 2003	Calif. Businesses Vow To Fight Coverage Law A new law that makes employers extend health benefits to about a million uninsured Californians will be watched carefully. Opponents of the law, signed by Gov. Gray Davis two days before the recall vote that ousted him, vow to challenge it in the courts.
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