Healthcare costs

Strategic use of data is the next frontier for savvy employers to more accurately zero in on how to best spend healthcare benefit dollars, says Businessolver’s Rae Shanahan.

John Caldarella, leader of Aon’s active exchange, sees PBEs as an ‘enabling mechanism’ for employers on the road to CDHPs.

Tom Price’s nomination has employers hoping the Trump administration will give a “thoughtful relook” to healthcare reform that focuses on cost.

High quality must trump lower prices for advisers looking to create a long-term cost-saving plan, says broker Andy Neary.

Tax deductions, coverage limits and drug approval process all need to be addressed, say industry insiders.

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.

The Sergeants Benevolent Association Health & Welfare Fund file suits over prices of dermatological treatments.

Tax deductions, coverage limits and drug approval process all need to be addressed, say industry insiders.

The benefits community — and the whole country — will be watching closely to see just how President-elect Trump fires the ACA.

Obama suggested areas of the health law to keep during Trump's Thursday meeting with the President.

Industry lobbyists ready to defend employer-sponsored healthcare system and tackle cost, MLR issues under Republican-led Congress.

Amendment 69 defeat gives businesses a push to affect change in the employer-sponsored benefit market.

After a successful launch in the Northeast, Joe Laurin, president of Fidelity Health Marketplace, shares where the company plans to take its marketplace next.

Amendment 69 defeat gives businesses a push to affect change in the employer-sponsored benefit market.

Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump takes the oath of office next January, she or he will have to deal with the Affordable Care Act and the Cadillac tax, but parental leave might be on the ropes.

There’s been little discussion between Clinton and Trump, but plan sponsors remain concerned about post-ACA healthcare.

Celebrate Election Day by taking a look at where each stands on a range of employee benefit policies — from paid leave to the fate of the ACA’s Cadillac tax.

After a successful launch in the Northeast, Joe Laurin, president of Fidelity Health Marketplace, shares where the company plans to take its marketplace next.

Keenan’s 14th annual survey in healthcare sector mines containment strategies

A Willis Towers Watson report tracks marketplace trends for 2017, including positive signs for business growth.