Healthcare costs

Bernard Health founder Alex Tolbert talks to EBN about why healthcare costs continue to escalate and how those increases are impacting employees’ wage and salary increases.

Roughly a third of American workers don’t have a retirement vehicle, says Labor Secretary Thomas Perez.

Roughly a third of American workers don’t have a retirement vehicle, says Labor Secretary Thomas Perez.

Employers are exploring new options such as self-insurance, which is expected to increase by 35% in two years.

Employers are exploring new options such as self-insurance, which is expected to increase by 35% in two years.

Let’s consider the impact of the approaching moratorium, the ways employers can use it to their financial advantage and what might happen when it ends in 2018.

Health systems do not want to lose money for better health outcomes, say consultants Brian Klepper and Fred Goldstein.

Connected devices, smart cloud tech can help employers manage the disease, says Livongo Health CMO Jennifer Schneider.

While increases in medical coverage are slowing, they continue to outpace inflation by a wide margin.

There are a lot of people in the U.S. who dream of single-payer health care. And what a dream it is!