Healthcare

A look at what the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program covers, what it doesn't, and what plan sponsors need to know.

Employees are putting off major life decisions like buying a house and expanding their family as daily financial challenges grow.

As healthcare costs continue climbing, employers are exploring new funding models, cost-containment strategies, and benefits approaches to better manage spending.

Employees managing these conditions lead to high overtime, an average of 10 missed a year and rising stress and depression levels.

The traditional backup care credit model can waste employer dollars before they reach families — but several fixes exist.

Visible hospital pricing is an opportunity for benefit leaders to compare costs for procedures across facilities.

A new survey highlights a disconnect between disability benefits availability and employee confidence in using those benefits when health issues arise.

Better benefit plan design and HSAs can support employees as they struggle to afford their medical bills.

Insurers are financial institutions, not healthcare companies, which has significant implications for how we can fix problems that have been around for years.

Caregiving is now a reality for nearly 1 in 4 U.S. workers, reshaping how employers think about benefits, flexibility and support for working families.

A look at the current challenges facing employees and employers, and how to deliver value to clients.

Employers are beginning to explore a wider range of offerings that support everyday financial stability and real-life priorities beyond traditional insurance options.

With this alternative model, benefit professionals have the potential to not only stabilize employee health benefit costs but actually return dividends.

The key to preventing employees with heavy family responsibilities from burning out is to make caregiving visible inside the culture, then align benefits around that reality.

Expanding care coverage is going to be crucial to improving access to care for employees struggling to make ends meet.

A new survey finds 77% of caregivers feel financially overwhelmed as they juggle jobs and care duties, exposing gaps in workplace support systems.

As healthcare prices and employee interest soar for the blood glucose and weight control drugs, offering coverage through lifestyle spending or specialty care accounts can help contain costs.

Even as employers spend more on health plans, employees report confusion over coverage details, fueling calls for better communication and tools.

Experts suggest locking in this emerging alternative to traditional health insurance coverage to help stabilize soaring health benefit costs.

If we expect the C-suite to take on the personal liability associated with a fiduciary charter, then we must provide them with a conflict-free partnership.