Large Companies Are Increasingly Offering Workers Only High Deductible Health Plans

Historically, one of the perks of working at a big company has been generous health benefits with modest out-of-pocket costs. But increasingly, large companies are offering their employees only one option: a plan with a relatively high deductible linked to a savings account for medical expenses. According to the annual health benefits survey by Towers Watson and […]

Michelle Andrews
By Michelle Andrews

Historically, one of the perks of working at a big company has been generous health benefits with modest out-of-pocket costs. But increasingly, large companies are offering their employees only one option: a plan with a relatively high deductible linked to a savings account for medical expenses. According to the annual health benefits survey by

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‘Burn The Data’: Did A Company Try To Hide Risks Of MRI Dye Omniscan?

This post has been updated to incorporate a response from GE. In 1994, a scientist studying her company’s new medical imaging dye reached troubling findings. Her boss, she recalls, told her to “burn the data.” That alleged request surfaced this week in a groundbreaking trial over the dye, which is injected into patients to sharpen […]

Jeff Gerth
By Jeff Gerth

This post has been updated to incorporate a response from GE. In 1994, a scientist studying her company's new medical imaging dye reached troubling findings. Her boss, she recalls, told her to "burn the data." That alleged request surfaced this week in a groundbreaking trial over the dye, which is injected into patients to sharpen MRI scans and

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