Healthcare costs

The administration took its most drastic step yet to roll back Obamacare, cutting off a subsidy to insurers hours after issuing an executive order designed to draw people away from the health law’s markets.

They often disregard the coverage, risking significant financial and familial consequences

Insurance markets work best when there’s competition.

Even when employees do not sue, poor treatment of workers who need time off to care for sick relatives can backfire on owners.

Even when employees do not sue, poor treatment of workers who need time off to care for sick relatives can backfire on owners.

Acknowledging the reality of an aging U.S. population, some benefit executives are stepping up efforts to help employees caring for older relatives.

The Georgia-based health network decreased year-over-year spend by 15.3% while also lowering healthcare costs paid by employees.

Firms with fewer than 125 workers must proceed with caution when establishing a medical coverage plan, warns Zack Pace.

The Georgia-based health network decreased year-over-year spend by 15.3% while also lowering healthcare costs paid by employees.

There are five key attributes that make a successful combination of high-tech and high-touch actions to drive beneficial health and cost-saving decisions.

Firms with fewer than 125 workers must proceed with caution when establishing a medical coverage plan, warns Zack Pace.

Employers should increase the use of key preventive care services, offer a variety of tools and identify the conditions and employees that cost the organization the most.

Employers should increase the use of key preventive care services, offer a variety of tools and identify the conditions and employees that cost the organization the most.

The Graham-Cassidy repeal bill is dead this week, but benefits executives are banking on Affordable Care Act improvements, including elimination of the Cadillac tax and a bigger focus on controlling healthcare costs.

Senate Republicans gave up on their last-ditch proposal to repeal the ACA Tuesday as opposition in their own ranks ended months of fruitless efforts to gut it.

Senators sponsoring a last-ditch ACA repeal bill scrambled to save it from near-certain death Sunday, circulating a new version aimed at winning over several GOP holdouts.

The advancement of cross-vendor analytics, prescription, engagement and measurement brought on by the democratization of big data is enabling employers to better plan performance, says Hodges-Mace's Eric Helman.

UBA data show these companies exhibit superior cost-containment relative to larger counterparts.

When developing a plan to offset the potential shortfall of Social Security benefits in the long term, annual rebalancing is one step clients should take.

When developing a plan to offset the potential shortfall of Social Security benefits in the long term, annual rebalancing is one step clients should take.