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The degree of success will be how well the industry does in solving the “annuity puzzle.”

The U.S. government stands poised for its first partial shutdown in 17 years at midnight tonight, after a weekend with no signs of negotiations or compromise from either the House or Senate to avert it.

While the shutdown won’t stop the roll-out, which is largely funded through mandatory appropriations that can’t be curtailed by congressional inaction, it’s an open question whether it will lessen public enthusiasm to enroll.

Customer satisfaction with traditional brick-and-mortar pharmacies continues to outpace satisfaction with mail-order pharmacies, according to the J.D. Power 2013 U.S. Pharmacy Study.

What’s next for the ACA’s health insurance exchanges and how will employers respond?

Small businesses with up to 100 employees will have access to state or federally based Small Business Health Options Program exchanges, also known as SHOP exchanges, which will expand their purchasing power. Federally based SHOP exchanges were originally scheduled to begin enrollment on Oct. 1, 2013, just like the exchange for individual coverage. The Obama administration, however, issued a statement that the federal government will not be able to enroll small businesses online until November 1, 2013.

Small businesses won’t be able to enroll in new online health insurance marketplaces until Nov. 1 in most U.S. states, the latest delay for the Obama administration’s signature health care law.

Find out more on these ongoing legal spats over the Affordable Care Act and how employers are involved in the arguments.

Creating a smart consumer takes more than health care reform and adopting a consumer-driven health plan.

Pharmacy benefit management specialists say that as prices skyrocket, more and more employers will narrow pharmacies and prescriptions for their employees.