Why Your Employer May Drop Your Health-Care Plan - Businessweek: " . . . Fear of backlash from workers keeps many employers from dropping coverage, as Bloomberg reported in December. Tax deductions for health spending also encourage businesses to keep offering benefits. Still, while few admit it publicly, many American companies would love get out of the health insurance business. For employers, providing health insurance is expensive and the cost increases are unpredictable. Their competitors in most other wealthy nations don’t have to bear the same costs: That’s usually the government’s job. . . ."
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Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels,
Negotiators Say
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The world’s leading oil exporter has become the most forceful opponent of a
new agreement at the U.N. climate summit, according to people inside the
talks.
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