Total membership, including Medicare and health plans administered for self-insured employers, was 1.51 million.
They provide for the investment of the money saved in tax-advantaged plans administered by respectable financial management companies.
Massachusetts is investigating trading in 401(k) plans administered by Putnam, said William F. Galvin, the secretary of the commonwealth.
The union, the Lay Faculty Association, would like to join a second pension plan administered through the A.F.L.-C.I.O., its parent organization.
Humana issues commercial insurance and Medicare Advantage plans, administers Medicaid coverage and provides coverage through the military's Tricare program.
Mr. Carey said that, typically, non-Fidelity fund companies pay a maximum of 0.35percenttoto be included in 401(k) plans administered by Fidelity.
The family's primary health insurance was Ms. Wiser's coverage under her employer's self-funded plan administered by United Healthcares Dallas office.
In certain companies, they say, as many as 20 to 30 percent of employees enrolled in plans administered by CVS Caremark are filling their prescriptions at Walgreen.
The industry studies are part of Vanguard's annual How America Saves report, which examined overall patterns of more than three million participants in plans administered by Vanguard.
Mr. Toce said Andersen liked several plans: an Alaska plan administered by T. Rowe Price and allowing contributions of up to $250,000; Colorado (Salomon Smith Barney, $235,000); Nebraska (Union Bank and Trust, $250,000); and New Hampshire (Fidelity Investments and until an account balance reaches $233,240).
