Healthcare costs

Back pain represents about 10% of healthcare costs and is a top driver of productivity loss. That’s why some smart companies are taking steps to address it.

A bipartisan commitment to reducing free riders, relieving risk pools and reining in pharmacy inflation will help to fix the broken system, says adviser Craig Hasday.

By prioritizing not just employee engagement but action and monitoring, employers can maximize their investment and improve health and flatten costs.

Top Senate Republicans are trying to move on from their partisan drive to replace the ACA despite urging from President Donald Trump to keep seeking a broad alternative to President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement.

Instead of debating insurance marketplaces, U.S. lawmakers should focus on comparing the price of prescription drugs in Canada, suggests Perry Braun.

A bipartisan commitment to reducing free riders, relieving risk pools and reining in pharmacy inflation will help to fix the broken system, says adviser Craig Hasday.

The truth is that group plans typically earn a percentage of total expenditures, and it is in representatives’ best interest for medical services to cost as much as possible.

Assessing and monitoring family history and lifestyle-based risk factors and giving employees access to experienced specialists are among the underused tactics companies should embrace.

HHS Secretary Tom Price said Sunday that “no decision’s been made” on whether to continue key ACA subsidies to health-insurance companies, but that the administration’s job is “to follow the law of the land.”

Republicans in Congress have been unable agree on a way to repeal and replace Obamacare – and now they’re divided on whether they should give up on their GOP-only approach.