With new Alzheimer’s therapy, the battle over drug pricing wages on
With a $56,000 annual price tag, a new Alzheimer's treatment is turning up the volume on drug-pricing conflicts.
Healthcare issues
White House reverses Trump ban on LGBTQ+ healthcare protection
“Equitable access to healthcare is a human right,” says Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, an attorney with Lambda Legal.
60 Seconds with Tech Adviser of the Year Chelsey Koster
Koster shares how technology is helping employers and employees tackle COVID-19, and what role it has played in her own COVID-19 response.
Family tragedy drives benefits pro to provide greater healthcare education
2021 Rising Star Stefanie Cano draws on her own personal experience to help clients find the best healthcare providers and resources on the market.
As demand for mental healthcare spikes, budget ax set to strike
States are cutting mental healthcare resources during the pandemic, despite growing numbers of people struggle with depression, anxiety and substance abuse issues.
Huge gaps in vaccine data make it next to impossible to know who got the shots
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.
Lilly invests $30 million in health-equity focused venture fund
The company is working to identify programs run by people in underrepresented communities.
Benefits Think COVID-19 highlights the costs of ignoring lifestyle-related diseases
Even as we overcome COVID-19, the rise of mental health conditions and non-communicable diseases is reshaping households, companies and countries.
Tanya Little
Vitality Group
A view of 2020: EBN’s top 10 opinion pieces
HR pros and benefit professionals shared their thoughts and advice on everything from mental health benefits to stimulus checks.
Views 5 strategies to help employees make the most of their dental benefits
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.
Addressing racial trauma and PTSD among Black employees
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.
A Biden win and Republican Senate might lead to gridlock on health issues
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.
Benefits Think 4 key reasons employers must offer financial security benefits
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.
Amy O'Meara Chambers
HealthBridge
5 workplace issues at stake as Trump, Biden brace for election day
How each presidential candidate tackles workplace-related issues will have long-lasting ripple effects for employers.
Benefits Think How digital care programs are revolutionizing employee diabetes care in the age of COVID
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.
Sean Duffy
Omada Health
6 HSA-approved purchases that can help reduce employee stress
Learn what these pre-tax accounts can buy to help deal with the pandemic.
Too much screen time from remote work? These tips can combat uncomfortable eye strain
Learn how screen time affects vision health and what employees can do to protect their eyes while working from home.
Without Ginsburg, judicial threats to the ACA, reproductive rights heighten
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.
Transgender health company Plume jumps into employee benefits space
“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.
Neglecting to screen for mental health leads to catastrophic disability costs for employers
Depression screenings can improve employee mental health and save employers millions on disability claims.
