Regulation

Promises to repeal Obamacare are proving to be more complicated then they sounded on the campaign trail. With those realities setting in, Peter Orszag, President Obama’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, explores what happens next.

Hiring an outsourced plan administrator to do a job that can be handled by a TPA is unnecessary and even redundant.

Attendees at the Monday meeting will include chief executives of some of the biggest U.S. health insurers, like UnitedHealth Group Inc., Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp., Independence Blue Cross and BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina.

With President Trump focused on healthcare reform and the DOL stepping up audits, advisers and employers should monitor plans closely.

Employers could be waiting too long to provide accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act.

New details of the plan are beginning to emerge, which would do away with the ACA's requirement that all Americans have health coverage or pay a fine, and replace it with rules that let people choose not to buy insurance, instead paying higher premiums or penalties if they need it later.

ACA replacement will most likely place a greater emphasis on health savings accounts and put employees in the driver’s seat.

Seema Verma still awaits confirmation yet her past experiences in the healthcare industry prove that this is not her first rodeo.

Group asks that ACA replacement follow closely President Trump’s executive order to alleviate fiscal burdens.

Although Congress is out this week on recess, when they come back it promises to be a wild ride for employers, Mercer experts say.