<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Yes, I agree and now the chickens are coming home to roost. No one is responsible for controlling the budgets. The newly introduced HRA plans will transfer the benefit money to workers who can spend as they wish and will likely save when they can and appropriate. </div><br><div class="mt-signature">
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</div><img width="0" height="0" class="mailtrack-img" alt="" style="display:flex" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/1658aa427bd0adee253f905375b8aab3d033a1c6.png?u=4496385"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 12:40 PM Stephen Satchell <<a href="mailto:ipg@satchell.net">ipg@satchell.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 6/27/19 11:32 AM, Kishore Jethanandani wrote:<br>
> Employers for too long have delegated healthcare to the HR department with<br>
> disastrous consequences. CEOs have been amiss in taking a strategic<br>
> approach to cost control. Under ERISA, they have a fiduciary responsibility<br>
> to provide the best care for their employees but they are conspicuously in<br>
> breach of the law. So some people are preparing a lawsuit to take them on.<br>
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> <a href="https://www.peoplekeep.com/blog/part-1-the-history-of-u.s.-employer-provided-health-insurance-post-world-war-ii" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.peoplekeep.com/blog/part-1-the-history-of-u.s.-employer-provided-health-insurance-post-world-war-ii</a><br>
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"In reaction to the wage controls, many labor groups planned to go on<br>
strike en masse. In order to avert the strike, in a concession to the<br>
labor groups, the War Labor Board exempted employer-paid health benefits<br>
from wage controls and income tax."<br>
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