HRadio Oct. 5: News – Washington this week, health care reform, GINA regulations, pension funding, DB guidance

This week's HRadio news previews the week ahead in Washington, reviews Senate Finance Committee votes on amendments to its health care reform proposal, looks at interim final rules implementing the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), explains the cash crunch looming for DB plans, and reports on a request for IRS guidance on capping cash balance and other hybrid plan interest credits. Timing in minutes and seconds of the news is 4:34.  (HRadio, 5 Oct 2009)

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• Health care reform moves forward (Mercer, 5 Oct 2009)
• Senate Finance panel OKs cap on health insurers’ exec pay deductions (Mercer, 5 Oct 2009)
• Senate Finance panel declines to consider pay curbs for tax-exempts (Mercer, 5 Oct 2009)
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act health insurance regulations issued (GRIST, 2 Oct 2009)
• Many pension plans facing sharply higher 2010 contributions, Mercer tells Congress (Mercer, 1 Oct 2009)
• Join October demos to learn how to stay current with Mercer Select (Webcasts, 25 Sep 2009)