Press Release Archive – 1999

APPWP Lauds Vice President Gore's Pension Goals; Urges Caution on Cash Balance Proposals (November 20, 1999)

APPWP Lauds Representative Boehner's Wealth Through The Workplace Act of 1999 (November 17, 1999)

Legislative Action: APPWP Sets Record Straight on Recent Texas Managed Care Liability Law (September 29, 1999)

APPWP Warns Senate Panel: Cash Balance Bills Would Endanger Defined Benefit Pension System (September 21, 1999)

APPWP Warns: Liability Legislation Will Cause Evacuation of Employers from Health Care System - September 15, 1999

APPWP Advises DOL that Cash Balance Plans Serve Needs of Participants and Plan Sponsors - September 9, 1999

APPWP Testimony Before ERISA Advisory Committee - September 9, 1999

Legal Analysis of the Patients' Bill of Rights (S.6) - July 12, 1999

Advance Retirement Security This Year - APPWP Urges Senate Finance Panel to Include Roth-Baucus, Graham-Grassley Bills in Upcoming Tax Legislation - June 30, 1999

Cash Balance Plan Disclosure Legislation - APPWP Urges Senate Finance Panel Not to Burden Defined Benefit Pension System - June 30, 1999

APPWP Urges House Employer-Employee Panel to Endorse HR 1102 ERISA Provisions - June 29, 1999

APPWP Summary of Key Plan Sponsor Provisions in Portman/Cardin Pension
Legislation (H.R. 1102) - June 18, 1999

Current Cash Balance Plan Coverage Shortchanges Plan Advantages, Lacks Employer
Point of View - May 11, 1999

CBO Estimate Confirms Higher Costs of Patients' Bill of Rights Legislation - April 27, 1999

APPWP Addresses Cash Balance Issues - April 23, 1999

APPWP Lauds IRS Paperless Technology Rules, Asks for Expansion to 403(b) and 457 Plans - April 15, 1999

APPWP Calls on Clinton to Level with Workers on True Costs under Patients' Bill ofRights - April 9, 1999

Letter to the Honorable James Jeffords Concerning S.326 Mark-Up (March 26, 1999)

Letter to the Honorable James Jeffords Following Markup of Patients' Bill of Rights (S. 326) (March 25, 1999)

Bipartisan "Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act" Lauded by APPWP - March 25, 1999

APPWP Urges Ways & Means Oversight Panel to Pass Pension Reform Bill Now - March 23, 1999

APPWP Urges Members to Contact Senate HELP Committee Members to Oppose More Amendments to Patients' Bill of Rights (March 15, 1999)

Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions in Recent Press Articles on Cash Balance Plans (March 1, 1999)

ERISA, Free Market Have Encouraged Health Care Coverage, APPWP Testifies - February 24, 1999

APPWP, Fidelity Commend Roth Retirement Proposals During Senate Finance Hearing - February 24, 1999

Remove Non-Health Plans from Benefits Claims Rules, APPWP Testifies to DOL - February 19, 1999

DOL Proposed Rules are Unworkable for Benefits Claims Procedures and Appeals, Testifies APPWP - February 17, 1999

Letter to The Honorable Robert F. Bennett Concerning Year 2000 Legislation (February 2, 1999)

Senators, There is No Pot of Gold: APPWP Testifies to Senate Help Panel - January 20, 1999

APPWP Urges House Members to Not Cosponsor Latest "Patients' Rights" Health Bill - January 7, 1999