Obamacare

The bipartisan Senate bill 1661 represents a way out of the crisis. But getting congress to pass it will require all of our efforts.

Despite expected hurdles, congressional representatives, including Sen. Martin Heinrich, tell CIAB legislative summit attendees, "We will get a repeal done."

In joint guidance issued last week the DOL, Treasury and HHS clarified the application of health care reform provisions on student health coverage.

Understanding ACA compliance is critical, but it mustn’t come at the expense of fundamental employee education.

Healthier businesses will receive higher-than-expected rate increases because they are now being pooled with the less healthy plans that may include employees who smoke and engage in other unhealthy behaviors.

Shifting employee coverage to Medicaid represents a lost opportunity to improve business processes and may prove costly in the long run for businesses in thin-margin industries that can least afford high absenteeism.U

Leslie Straus leads a fast-growing division of The Benefit Companies that focuses solely on helping employers tackle the problem of tracking, monitoring and analyzing employee data.

Leslie Straus leads a fast-growing division of The Benefit Companies that focuses solely on helping clients and fellow advisers tackle the problem of tracking, monitoring and analyzing employee data.

Given the growing regulatory climate, some brokerages are finding it makes financial sense to employ their own lawyers.