KCTR: We’re Montana’s Own » Health Insurance Allowance http://catcountry1029.com We’re Montana’s Own Sat, 18 May 2013 17:42:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Two Major Companies Switch to Health Insurance Allowance — Dollars and Sense http://catcountry1029.com/two-major-companies-switch-to-health-insurance-allowance-dollars-and-sense/ http://catcountry1029.com/two-major-companies-switch-to-health-insurance-allowance-dollars-and-sense/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:30:06 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=144458 Last week, Sears and Darden Restaurants (Olive Garden, Red Lobster) announced that they were seriously entertaining the idea of doing away with their traditional health insurance programs and opting instead to provide their employees with a heath-coverage allowance.

The two major American companies plan to allow employees to select coverage through an online marketplace, where workers will have the opportunity to browse and purchase various employer-backed health plans.

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