Apparatus and method of composing a plan of flexible benefits
CA 2313295 A1 · Owner: Benefit Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Hyman, Andrew A.; Jaeger, William R.
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There is disclosed a method and apparatus for devising the financial aspects of a plan of benefits for a given population of employees in accordance with goals set by an employer of the employees. This invention enters data into a memory of a computer system reflective of the employees, the costs of the benefits and the employer's goals. Next, variables are defined and entered into the memory reflecting the coats of the benefits and a set of, relationships is constructed of the coat variables in a manner to constrain the cost variables in accordance with the plan of benefits. Finally, the set of relationships is processed in the computer system to provide at least one set of solutions of …
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