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.

The Internal Revenue Service has threatened employers with Affordable Care Act penalties of $36,500 per employee, per year, nondeductible. Makes those $2,000 and $3,000 penalties look like small potatoes, right?

Greg Scandlen has long been regarded as one of the nation’s most outspoken experts on health care financing, insurance regulation, and employee benefits. EBA caught up with Scandlen to get his take on implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its impact on brokers and advisers.

In case you missed these recent headlines: "Health Care Brokers Fight for Fees" - Washington Post "The Debate Over Brokers' Fees" - New York Times "Brokers Seek to Preserve Role in Health Insurance Marketplace" - Kaiser Health News The stories - and other recent media coverage - focus on efforts underway to push back against PPACA's medical loss ratio rules. At least as far as the popular media is concerned, broker commissions are big news right now.

With apologies to Sarah Palin, how's that change thing working out for you?