4 changes to consider during Medicare open enrollment: Retirement Scan
For a couple details: Part D monthly premiums are often in the $35 to $50 range and higher-income retirees pay more for drug coverage.
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Telemedicine offerings double within past year
Large employers note substantial savings for doctor visits, Mercer survey finds.
Benefits Think An employee’s guide to preventative and wellness services
Even though an employer health plan may entitle workers to some free services, including vaccines and cancer screenings, many are in the dark about what’s available to them.
Robin Gelburd
Fair Health, Inc.
Anthem and Cigna set for court fight to save $48 billion merger
Anthem Inc.’s proposed merger with Cigna Corp. would reduce health-care competition and raise costs for consumers, U.S. antitrust lawyers will argue Monday when the government goes to court to block the transaction.
CIAB: Don’t expect ACA changes before 2018
Repeal of employer mandate, reporting requirements on the table in Trump administration, says the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ Joel Wood.
How employers can increase the value of cancer benefits
Employees should be steered toward high-value care sites, second opinions and the benefits of palliative care early on.
Republicans find replacing ACA is easier said than done
Key Republicans in Congress are cautioning that replacing Obamacare will be a difficult and lengthy process that won’t happen in the first days of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration."
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Anna Edney
CIAB tells employers: Don’t expect ACA changes before 2018
Repeal of employer mandate, reporting requirements on the table in Trump administration, says the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ Joel Wood.
Benefits Think The ACA: Where do we go from here?
Which aspects of the Affordable Care Act will not be repealed, and what will be adjusted?
Zack Pace
CBIZ
How employers can increase the value of cancer benefits
Employees should be steered toward high-value care sites, second opinions and the benefits of palliative care early on.
Benefits Think Trumpcare: A new reality for U.S. healthcare
The benefits community — and the whole country — will be watching closely to see just how President-elect Trump fires the ACA.
Daniel N. Kuperstein
Corporate Synergies
NAHU wants piecemeal ACA adjustments under Trump
Having met with the President-elect’s pre-transition team, the broker org is ready to promote agent interests in new political landscape, says VP of gov’t affairs Marcy Buckner.
Benefit pros predict Trump’s healthcare, retirement moves
Although the president-elect has not shared many details, advisers and other stakeholders see the ACA playing a big role early on.
Employees struggling with critical benefits details
Strategizing a robust communication plan is essential for workers to get the most out of employer-sponsored benefit offerings.
Trump signals flexibility on Obamacare, citing oval office talk
Obama suggested areas of the health law to keep during Trump's Thursday meeting with the President.
Benefits Think How telemedicine and onsite clinics mesh with HSAs
Health savings accounts do not always fit compatibly with many benefits and as such can cause some employers to make some uncomfortable adjustments, says attorney Christopher A. Beinecke.
Christopher A. Beinecke
Haynes and Boone LLP
Who will lead the charge for Trumpcare?
Washington insiders are likely candidates as point person to repeal and replace the ACA in the forthcoming administration.
Benefits Think The key challenges Trump will face in implementing his healthcare policies
The first 100 days will be critical for the new president to prove he can work with legislators, says Sun Life’s James Slotnick.
James Slotnick
Sun Life