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In one of the biggest steps for private health care exchanges so far, Aon Hewitt has announced that it will be offering health benefits for more than 330,000 American employees of some well-known companies, including Walgreens, Sears Holdings and Darden Restaurants parent company of Red Lobster and the Olive Garden.
At 2 p.m. ET on Oct. 2, EBN and EBA will offer a web seminar on issues relating to ACA implementation and what they mean for employers whether or not they plan having their workers participate in ACA marketplaces.
For those who have taken the time to read through the model exchange notices recently released by the Department of Labor you may have noticed some glaring issues with the questions, writes UBA CEO Thom Mangan, who helps provide some clarity.
As long as retirees enroll with the private insurance exchange, IBM will subsidize their health care premiums at a similar level, the company says.
The cost of Obamacare, is much more sensitive than people previously appreciated to employers decisions to drop coverage, says Jay Bhattacharya, an economist and Stanford associate professor of medicine.
At Tuesdays ACA pulse check on Capitol Hill, four contractors gave the U.S. House of Representatives their take on exchange preparedness just three weeks until opening.
Altered by the ACA, limited medical plans may actually increase in popularity for some workers.
A 25-year-old New Yorker earning $25,000 a year will pay as little as $62 a month for health insurance next year, and a peer living in Vermont may pay nothing, according to a 17-state survey of premiums under the U.S. health care overhaul.
A recent delay on out-of-pocket spending could be complicated for those who think they have a single-vendor system, should their health care provider and pharmacy be considered separate internally.
A recent delay on out-of-pocket spending could be complicated for those who think they have a single-vendor system, should their health care provider and pharmacy be considered separate internally.
Concerns that the Affordable Care Act may be driving some employers to drop health insurance coverage for their workforce may be overblown, a study by Towers Watson released this week found.
In response to Monday's legal reminder about the Oct. 1 ACA employee communications, were bringing you more information on the requirements.
Employer mandate delay puts pressure on Congress.
United Parcel Service Inc.s decision to drop health benefits for 15,000 of its workers spouses may be a sign of the future, as U.S. businesses grapple with rising medical bills and the added burdens of the ACA.
Lawyer Garrett Fenton speaks to EBN about the Affordable Care Act's transitional reinsurance program and why employers need to start preparing for it now.
Supporters and opponents of the Affordable Care Act have targeted U.S. mothers in a surge of advertising and grassroots organizing as a major piece of Obamacare readies to roll out Oct 1.
The top two U.S. health officials are planning multiple trips in the coming months to states led by Republicans hostile to the Affordable Care Act, seeking success there for President Barack Obamas health care overhaul despite opposition.
President Barack Obamas decision to give employers a year before theyre required to provide health insurance for workers will cost taxpayers $12 billion, the Congressional Budget Office says.
What employers should know about the ACA provision governing clinical trials.
Expert says theres a good deal of pressure on Congress to raise the bar for mandated employer-sponsored health care from 30 hours a week to 40, but it wouldnt come without a fight.
