A new law marks the end of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) prohibition against an employer reimbursing his or her employees for the premium cost of individual health insurance.
As the nation prepares for election day, below is a recap on where the candidates stand on four pivotal healthcare policies: Affordable Care Act, insurance market reforms, prescription drug trends,…
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires a state to license a marriage between two people of the same…
Each year in the benefits industry we see the same routine repeated over and over again. Healthcare costs continue to rise and the most obvious choices you have to combat…
The signs are up, the emails are going out – Open Enrollment is fast approaching. If you’re an employee you’re likely thinking that this means more money will be taken…
When it comes to curing what ails many group health plan sponsors – the rising costs of providing group health benefits to their employees –there is no one cure-all. One…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has initiated many changes in the marketplace. One lesser known change is the establishment and availability of Co-Op plans, or “Consumer Operated and…
Employers have been considering many strategies to minimize the potential cost impact of Pay or Play, including a restructuring of their workforce to reduce the hours of employees to below…
