The Washington Post, September 23, 2013, Monday

The Washington Post

September 23, 2013, Monday

The Washington Post (full article)

Walgreens moves workers to private health-care exchange

Also, there is a risk that employees will choose plans that are inexpensive yet provide inadequate coverage.

“What we’re seeing is a continuation of a trend where employers are shifting from providing the tangible benefit to putting contributions into a pot, making the employee responsible for buying the actual benefit,” said Linda Barrington, executive director of Cornell University’s Institute for Compensation Studies. “Employees have more choice, but they also have to be educated consumers.”