401(k) plans get a boost, but beware of August
Investors are about to enter the worst two-month period of the year for stocks, according to an expert with Bespoke Investment Group.
Obamacare
Benefits Think Price controls could be the key for an affordable health plan
Instead of debating insurance marketplaces, U.S. lawmakers should focus on comparing the price of prescription drugs in Canada, suggests Perry Braun.
Republicans shellshocked by health defeat split on next steps
Republicans in Congress have been unable agree on a way to repeal and replace Obamacare – and now they’re divided on whether they should give up on their GOP-only approach.
ACA repeal collapses as senate GOP blocks bill
A months-long effort by Senate Republicans to pass health legislation collapsed early Friday after GOP Senator John McCain joined two of his colleagues to block a stripped-down Obamacare repeal bill.
GOP promise to torch the ACA veers toward bare-bones repeal
Republicans say this week’s debate may ultimately lead to a bill that merely ends the mandate that all Americans have insurance or pay a penalty, along with a few other provisions.
ACA repeal fails early in Senate healthcare debate
The Senate rejected a simple repeal of the ACA on Wednesday, still in the early stages of an unpredictable floor debate on healthcare amid significant doubts that Republicans can muster the 50 votes needed to pass any kind of bill.
Benefits Think Price controls could be the key for an affordable health plans
Instead of debating insurance marketplaces, U.S. lawmakers should focus on comparing the price of prescription drugs in Canada, suggest Perry Braun.
Senate sets up health votes for chaotic ACA debate
GOP leaders will hold votes on a slew of different health bills to see how close they can get to passing something.
What the Senate motion to proceed on health reform means for employers
It’s business as usual for now, as changes would take years to implement, attorney says at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Mania conference.
Senate GOP votes to debate healthcare plan in hard-fought step
Senate Republicans agreed to begin floor debate on healthcare legislation, a hard-fought step amid uncertainty about exactly what plan senators will ultimately be asked to vote on.
10 compliance issues for 2018 health and benefit planning
Despite uncertainty over reform efforts in Washington, employers need to prepare for next year now.
GOP’s ACA repeal would cut insured by 32 million, CBO says
A Republican fallback plan to repeal all of the ACA without a replacement health program would lead to 32 million more people uninsured than under current law.
Employees unfazed by Congressional repeal of ACA
Workers do not believe that the possible dismantling of Obamacare would have a major impact on them them and their families.
McConnell’s new ACA repeal lacks GOP votes to pass
McConnell’s day-old proposal to simply repeal the ACA appears to already be dead as three Republican senators, such as Maine's Susan Collins, say they'll oppose the measure.
McConnell abandons ACA replacement to seek straight repeal
The Senate GOP leader was left facing an increasingly narrow path, with no apparent way to win over conservative and moderate holdouts seeking to pull the bill in opposite directions.
Fate of health reform’s 30-hour rule uncertain
Senate bill would remove noncompliance penalty, but observers caution industry to withhold any celebration of a change in the definition of a full-time employee.
Revised GOP healthcare bill still good for employers
The latest legislation retains a number of pro-business aspects from the earlier draft, including a delay of the Cadillac tax, removal of employer mandate penalties and expanding and enhancing HSAs.
Fate of health reform’s 30-hour rule uncertain
Senate bill would remove noncompliance penalty, but observers caution industry to withhold any celebration of a change in the definition of a full-time employee.
Republican health bill draft may be destined for a rewrite
The bill already has drawn two firm no votes leaving Mitch McConnell no margin for losing GOP support to get the 50 votes he needs as senators await a CBO analysis expected early next week.
Benefits Think Can the Trump administration fix health insurance?
Some GOP proposals, such as emphasis on HSAs and association health plans, could help put the industry on a more stable footing.
Eugene Sayan
Softheon