Employer Strategies

This month, Gov. Cuomo announced that health insurance plan rates that will be offered through New York’s Health Benefits Exchange have been approved. There was much made in the press about the individual market rates that will be offered in 2014 and how they are at least 50% lower than current rates. As with understanding penalties, really evaluating the exchanges takes a little deeper review of the figures.

Robin Gelburd, president of FAIR Health, Inc., responds to an article by Contributing Editor Shana Sweeney about her struggles with educating employees about the costs of out-of-network claims.

Lawmakers encouraged to expand incentives on retirement savings plans.

Too many Americans believe cash investments are their best choice.

Great opportunity exists in this relatively untapped market.

The co-founders of Recognition PRO recommend “a systematic behavioral approach” toward how an individual is integrated into a company and how they’re treated within the organization.

The top two U.S. health officials are planning multiple trips in the coming months to states led by Republicans hostile to the Affordable Care Act, seeking success there for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul despite opposition.

Many experts believe it doesn't make sense to invest in actively managed mutual funds. They say there is not a substantial enough difference between the returns that index and actively managed funds generate to justify active managements higher fees.

Examples exist of well-run public plans that are managed and funded responsibly to deliver the most cost-effective retirement security to public employees.

President Barack Obama’s decision to give employers a year before they’re required to provide health insurance for workers will cost taxpayers $12 billion, the Congressional Budget Office says.