Healthcare issues

With a $56,000 annual price tag, a new Alzheimer's treatment is turning up the volume on drug-pricing conflicts.

“Equitable access to healthcare is a human right,” says Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, an attorney with Lambda Legal.

Koster shares how technology is helping employers and employees tackle COVID-19, and what role it has played in her own COVID-19 response.

2021 Rising Star Stefanie Cano draws on her own personal experience to help clients find the best healthcare providers and resources on the market.

States are cutting mental healthcare resources during the pandemic, despite growing numbers of people struggle with depression, anxiety and substance abuse issues.

Initial vaccine distribution largely hinges on place of work, prioritizing health care personnel, long-term care facilities and then other essential workers such as teachers, grocery store workers and firefighters.

The company is working to identify programs run by people in underrepresented communities.

Even as we overcome COVID-19, the rise of mental health conditions and non-communicable diseases is reshaping households, companies and countries.

HR pros and benefit professionals shared their thoughts and advice on everything from mental health benefits to stimulus checks.

A regular dental checkup is essential to detect risk of diseases in the future. But people often tend to skip, delay and miss their dental checkup appointments.

Seventy percent of Black Americans do not receive mental health treatment. To combat stressors unique to this workplace population, employers must address discrepancies in their employee benefits.

Without a Democratic majority in the Senate, Biden as president could not likely advance many of his top health agenda items — including lowering the eligibility age for Medicare to 60 and expanding financial assistance for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

Considering that the vast majority of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck and 40% struggle to cover a $400 emergency expense, it’s no wonder why so many individuals consider themselves functionally uninsured despite being covered by an employer’s health plan.

How each presidential candidate tackles workplace-related issues will have long-lasting ripple effects for employers.

The expansion of digital care that incorporates continuous glucose monitoring along with proactive feedback from a coach and personalized resources can support people with diabetes.

Learn what these pre-tax accounts can buy to help deal with the pandemic.

Learn how screen time affects vision health and what employees can do to protect their eyes while working from home.

Ginsburg’s death throws an already chaotic general election campaign during a pandemic into more turmoil. But in the longer term, her absence from the bench could accelerate a trend underway to get cases to the Supreme Court toward invalidating the ACA and rolling back reproductive freedoms for women.

“It's still one of the most underserved communities when it comes to safe, accessible and reliable healthcare,” says Soltan Bryce, the head of growth at Plume.

Depression screenings can improve employee mental health and save employers millions on disability claims.