From actual call center data glitches to hard-to-define input, brokers across the country on both the state and federal exchanges expect to be shorted for their work enrolling participants during the Affordable Care Act’s first open enrollment period.

Workplace Benefits Renaissance will be held Feb. 24-26 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J.

The plaintiffs who lost a recent lawsuit trying to prevent the federal government from providing tax credits to purchase health insurance on federal exchanges have filed for an expedited appeal in the case.

Outcomes tracking and easy access are contributing to the rise of the employee assistance program. But your clients need you to spread the word.

Columnist Jack Kwicien talks private exchanges, mergers and more for success in the year ahead.

Cash balance plans, with some DC-like components, have increased 10% in the DB market in the last five years.

With Obamacare bearing down on them, a doctors’ group said emergency rooms are less able to provide quality care, and more resources will be needed to handle an expected surge of patients from the new law.

Columnist Craig Davidson says extending your usual advice to clients to the HR realm is important to your business.

A perspective from bswift's employees on this possible new trend.

The recent news that 70 percent of Obamacare’s customers are 35 years of age or older poses challenges, specifically related to those in the 18-34-year-old age group, Moody’s says.

Enrollment in Obamacare health plans for small businesses is off to a slow start, leaving in doubt whether the U.S. program can attract enough customers to satisfy insurers.

Selling disability insurance to small businesses can be a great way to secure a new client base. But, it can be tricky. Here are some tips to help employee benefit advisers navigate this space.

Despite assurances from the Department of Health and Human Services that Healthcare.gov is secure, Committee on Oversight & Government Reform Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calf.) said Thursday that we “must assume that website is still vulnerable and Americans may have [personally identifiable information] hacked and taken.”

Magic Johnson, who is living proof of the value of early medical detection with health insurance, is broadcasting that message on behalf of Obamacare.

The back-end payment system of Healthcare.gov is still being built, a senior Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services official said Thursday in testimony on Capitol Hill.

The Workplace Benefits Renaissance will be held Feb. 24-26 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J.

From the Midwest to Texas to the West Coast, these brokers are opening their doors to walk-ins who need help complying with the individual mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act. Will this store front trend catch on with others in the industry and, perhaps more importantly, is it sustainable?

To be a salesperson today isn’t easy — in fact, it’s difficult.

A federal district court judge has ruled in favor of the federal government in a lawsuit that claimed the Internal Revenue Service did not have the authority under the Affordable Care Act to write rules providing tax credits to individuals purchasing health insurance on the health insurance exchange set up by the federal government.

The Congressional Management Foundation talked to 163 senior managers in the U.S. House and Senate about staff retention for the coming year. The respondents said worries about salary freezes from budget cuts and transitioning employees to the Affordable Care Act’s public exchanges were top of their list for possible staff departures.