Healthcare

The Atlanta-based banking organization has added new retirement income projection tools that it says enhances the ability of plan participants to make more informed decisions around retirement planning.

Freeing companies from a U.S.- government mandate to offer employees health care is setting off a chain of events that may enlarge the pool of uninsured Americans. That may be good for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

Five unnamed U.S. employers will offer benefits through Mercer’s private exchange, the Mercer Marketplace, starting in 2014, the company announced Monday.

Interaction with clients suffering in some cases.

House Speaker John Boehner said the chamber will vote this week to delay the Affordable Care Act's requirement that most Americans carry health insurance.

Despite the ACA’s employer mandate delay, a variety of key provisions still go into effect for employers in January, 2014.

Although the stock market has been in record territory and economic indicators have improved, there are defensive investments planners and retirement investors should keep an eye on.

Benefits broker and advisory firm Prescott Pailet sees the delay as an opportunity to give many of its clients room to breathe – especially those in the restaurant and hospitality industries, who would be most impacted by potential penalties.

Already topping $20 billion a year, UnitedHealthcare predicts its contract reimbursements to hospitals, physicians and ancillary care providers linked to accountable care will hit $50 billion by 2017.

Differences in regulatory approaches underscored in House bill.