Health and wellness

The president of Principal Resource Group has started a scholarship for women to understand the field, with big plans to grow the initiative.

Association health plan option will create new avenues of coverage, but comes with risks advisers should address with clients.

Advisers beware: With this acquisition, the online retailing juggernaut has set its sights on healthcare.

Some GOP proposals, such as emphasis on HSAs and association health plans, could help put the industry on a more stable footing.

The Affordable Care Act removed a key constraint by making cost-effective healthcare available outside of full-time employment, which gave people many more options around retirement and work.

Senate Republicans’ revised proposal to replace Obamacare would provide an added $70 billion to stabilize insurance exchanges over a decade compared with an earlier version.

Most hope key elements of the healthcare law, including coverage of pre-existing conditions and preventive care services, will remain intact.

The 401(Play) program creates accounts for workers to send post-tax dollars directly from their payroll into a savings account for a trip.

Some GOP proposals, such as emphasis on HSAs and association health plans, could help put the industry on a more stable footing.

The Affordable Care Act removed a key constraint by making cost-effective healthcare available outside of full-time employment, which gave people many more options around retirement and work.

With high medical prices causing many workers to contribute less to their 401(k)s, plan sponsors should encourage employees to consolidate savings in their current-employer plan to help them in their post-work years.

Talks about a bipartisan fallback are based on the idea that ACA insurance markets have problems and would need to be fixed if the healthcare bill dies.

The president of Principal Resource Group has started a scholarship for women to understand the field, with big plans to grow the initiative.

Republican leaders are now planning to retain Obamacare’s 3.8% tax on net investment income for people who earn more than $200,000 and couples with incomes over $250,000.

Senate Republican leaders plan to unveil a revised version of their healthcare bill later this week after making little progress on winning over party holdouts.

Staffer in Sen. Bill Cassidy’s office shares updates on a new health reform timeline and why ‘repeal now, replace later’ won’t work.

If ACA repeal efforts result in the provision’s elimination, most large organizations will continue to offer rich coverage, but smaller ones aren’t so sure.

Health and wellbeing program manager Kaleana Markley has rebuilt her company’s wellness program from scratch with a stronger focus on identifying short- and long-term client needs.

If the Senate succeeds in passing an ACA replacement, advisers and clients should watch for potential consumer instability to impact employee benefits, NFP’s Suzanna Spradley says.

With high medical prices causing many workers to contribute less to their 401(k)s, plan sponsors should encourage employees to consolidate savings in their current-employer plan to help them in their post-work years.