Press Release Archive – 1998

APPWP Welcomes New Retirement Policy Vice President; Dudley Advances to Senior Counsel Role - December 11, 1998

APPWP Urges DOL to Rewrite Benefits Claims Regulations as Public Comment Deadline Closes - December 10, 1998

Danger in the Median! Senate's "Middle of the Road" Patients' Rights Bill Will Wreck Workers' Health Coverage (October 6, 1998)

APPWP Comments on the Patient Protections and Mandatory Point-of-Service Provisions in H.R. 4250 (July 22, 1998)

Senate Republican Health Proposal Includes Micromanagement Mandates That Should Not Be Legislated (July 15, 1998)

House Republican Task Force Proposal Headed Down the Wrong Road (June 24, 1998)

HIAA/APPWP Decry Duplicity of Hill, Administration on 'Patients' Bill of Rights' (June 8, 1998)

'Patients' Bill of Rights' Cost Increases Will Force Employees to Lose Coverage, Says New Analysis (May 27, 1998)

Proposals to Expand ERISA Liability for Health Claims Will Hurt Employers and Employees, Testifies APPWP Representative (May 14, 1998)

APPWP Speaks Out on 'Patients' Bill of Rights' In New Analysis of Democratic Alternative Act" (May 11, 1998)

APPWP President Speaks at House Subcommittee Hearing in Support of "Retirement Security for the 21st Century Act" (May 5, 1998)

Proposed Regulations Governing Cafeteria Plans Need Further Clarification, Testifies APPWP Representative (May 5, 1998)

Introduction of "The Retirement Security For The 21st Century Act" Lauded by APPWP (May 4, 1998)

Tax Deductions for Employers and Individuals Drive Efficiencies in Healthcare Market, Testifies APPWP President (April 23, 1998)

Increased Use of Managed Care Plans, Independent Medical Reviews - And Not Federal Mandates - Needed to Resolve Patient Coverage Appeals, Testifies APPWP Representative (April 23, 1998)

Beyond Pension Simplification: APPWP Proposals To Be Incorporated Into New Federal Legislation (April 21, 1998)

The Responsibility in Managed Care Act Poses Real Risk of Liability for Employers (March 19, 1998)

APPWP Testifies on Raising the Social Security Retirement Age (February 26, 1998)

Market Reform, Not Regulation, Is Key to Health System Improvements (January 21, 1998)