Economy

GOP still focused on block grants, but Benefit Advisors Network’s Perry Braun doubts local stakeholders will have the power needed to bring meaningful change to the delivery system.

GOP still focused on block grants, but Benefit Advisors Network’s Perry Braun doubts local stakeholders will have the power needed to bring meaningful change to the delivery system.

The Graham-Cassidy repeal bill is dead this week, but benefits executives are banking on Affordable Care Act improvements, including elimination of the Cadillac tax and a bigger focus on controlling healthcare costs.

Senate Republicans gave up on their last-ditch proposal to repeal the ACA Tuesday as opposition in their own ranks ended months of fruitless efforts to gut it.

Senators sponsoring a last-ditch ACA repeal bill scrambled to save it from near-certain death Sunday, circulating a new version aimed at winning over several GOP holdouts.

UBA data show these companies exhibit superior cost-containment relative to larger counterparts.

The Graham-Cassidy bill removes employer-mandate penalties, maintains the Cadillac tax and includes HSA reforms.

Senator John McCain said Friday he wouldn’t support the Graham-Cassidy proposal. The measure, however, includes much that employer groups like, including removal of employer-mandate penalties and HSA reforms.

Senate Republican leaders are struggling to win support from holdouts in their party for what may be their last chance for a long time to pass a GOP-only repeal of the ACA.

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