Employer Strategies

Walgreen Co., the biggest U.S. drugstore chain, agreed to join with the largest federation of health insurers to promote the Affordable Care Act, lending a hand as the Obama administration strains to win over the public.

The Affordable Care Act is seen as the regulatory issue with the most pull on the workplace in the next year, with 57% saying it will have a significant impact.

Money seen moving to passively managed investments.

This one is so bad it shouldn’t be allowed in any retirement plan, with only one exception.

Misuse of drugs like OxyContin is driving up the cost of insurance claims, and abuse of opioids is killing more people than cocaine and heroin combined.

Perhaps even more so than expanded coverage, the 2018 excise tax is driving plan change.

Industry insiders are beginning to find holes in the Affordable Care Act employer mandate delay announced last week by the Obama administration and U.S. Department of Treasury.

When you introduce the benchmarking dialog, you’re helping DC plan sponsors put a practical perspective on how their plans are doing today.

If plans aren’t drafted properly or if employees are improperly excluded, a qualification issue could result.

The decision impacts the application of more than 1,000 federal laws, including those affecting benefits administration such as certain sections of the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA.