Healthcare

Ford Motor Co. executive chairman Bill Ford said the company is considering a health-care co-op, an issue the United Auto Workers union has raised in negotiations on a new contract.

Commentary: There are rampant and seemingly uncontrollable costs of sustaining life in a system which lacks any semblance of common sense.

Commentary: There are other much larger and offensive “holes” in the current disclosure that are more deceptive and allow more conflict of interest than DOL’s proposed BICE.

Greg Giangrande, executive vice president, chief human resources officer for Time Inc., is the recipient of EBN’s 2015 Benefits Leadership in Health Care Award.

With the increase to the individual mandate penalty slated for 2016, will more people seek coverage through their employers or the public exchanges?

Commentary: There is a new normal when it comes to underwriting offers in the employer-sponsored or group LTCI marketplace.

As the health care landscape continues to evolve, the expanding menu of options has made navigating benefits a tricky endeavor for employees and employers alike. But one new partnership aims to help curb the confusion.

With open enrollment season upon us, there’s a lot of talk about benefits communications. Here are three tips to ease the communications burden.

Commentary: We find our clients like having a guaranteed income, and they also like having buckets of income that start at different times and are taxed in different ways.

This year’s winners put special emphasis on health care cost transparency, financial wellness, private exchange adoption and face-to-face communications.