Health and wellness

Companies must consider network breadth and size and select coverage that offers tools to help employees.

If a family contributes approximately $6,000 per year to an HSA, compounded at 6% growth for 20 years, that's $234,000 at retirement, says expert.

A bipartisan deal to prop up the Obamacare exchanges has “stalled out,” a top Senate Republican said Wednesday as the president signaled his opposition.

Senator Lamar Alexander said a bipartisan deal has been reached on a package of fixes to stabilize the Affordable Care Act.

Just like gardeners have to test out land to find the best results for plants, firms must adjust employee contributions in plan design to grow savings.

Companies have consistently rejected the idea of terminating their health plans and sending employees to buy their own coverage, but attitudes may be shifting.

Last week’s executive order may unleash a chaotic landscape where employers, employees and advisers don’t understand the new rules.

It will be months until some of the president’s proposals, such as expanded use of HRAs, could be implemented, but brokers should educate clients now, adviser Mark Johnson says.

Companies have consistently rejected the idea of terminating their health plans and sending employees to buy their own coverage, but attitudes may be shifting.

Last week’s executive order may unleash a chaotic landscape where employers, employees and advisers don’t understand the new rules.

States regulators and health insurers are rushing to react to the latest move by the Trump administration to dismantle parts of the Affordable Care Act.

It will be months until some of the president’s proposals, such as expanded use of HRAs, could be implemented, but brokers should educate clients now, adviser Mark Johnson says.

The president says he is moving on his own to remake the U.S. health care system because Congress won’t act on his demand to repeal Obamacare.

Putting the president’s recommendations into practice will likely take time and association plans come with the potential for abuse.

A look at how the president’s action could change HRAs, medical plans and other benefits.

Fragile small-group segment will be undermined by liberalization of rules governing association plans.

A chief underlying problem, fixing poor quality of care, is not mentioned in the president’s call for expanded association plans.

The administration took its most drastic step yet to roll back Obamacare, cutting off a subsidy to insurers hours after issuing an executive order designed to draw people away from the health law’s markets.

Health Reimbursement Arrangements are poised to become an even more attractive option to flexibly fund employee healthcare costs, says attorney Harrison Stone.

They often disregard the coverage, risking significant financial and familial consequences