Healthcare

A broker-friendly bill to combat the financial impact of the medical loss ratio requirements contained in the Affordable Care Act was filed in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday.

Forty-nine percent of organizations feel that new grads lack basic skills and knowledge of writing in English, 18% worry about math proficiency and 13% believe graduates lack English speaking skills.

In a new Mercer survey of nearly 900 employers, 9% of respondents say ACA will have little or no cost impact on their bottom line (adding less than 1%), down significantly from the 25% who thought so in 2011.

Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle weigh in on the health care reform act at a policy forum in Washington.

Hostility over traditional public DB plans escalates.

Less than five months before the Affordable Care Act fully kicks in, hospitals are improving care and saving millions of dollars with one of the least touted but potentially most effective provisions of the law.

If retirees want to maintain 100% of income in retirement, this is what they should accept.

Position serves both wealth management and retirement group lines.

More 401(k) retirement plan participants are turning their portfolio construction over to a professional, according to Vanguard’s annual 401(k) report.

The three-legged stool of social security, pension and personal savings is going to be a thing of the past for most of today’s workforce.