Healthcare plans

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.

Senators are nearing a deal on a bipartisan package to help stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s individual insurance markets.

The ERISA Industry Committee and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce want the Cadillac and Health Insurance taxes eliminated, citing the impact of premium increases for 2018.

Florida and Texas are among the places not faring well when it comes to insurance coverage, according to comparative analytics from financial site WalletHub.

The ERISA Industry Committee and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce want the Cadillac and Health Insurance taxes eliminated, citing the impact of premium increases for 2018.

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.

Florida and Texas are among the places not faring well when it comes to insurance coverage, according to comparative analytics from financial site WalletHub.

Right now, the Affordable Care Act’s shared responsibility provision still applies for next year, and employers soon need to finalize employee premium cost-sharing amounts.

The UnitedHealthcare-affiliated program leverages personalized technology to help employees shed extra pounds — without attaching a stigma.

Right now, the Affordable Care Act’s shared responsibility provision still applies for next year, and employers soon need to finalize employee premium cost-sharing amounts.

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 Graham-Cassidy bill removes employer-mandate penalties, maintains the Cadillac tax and includes HSA reforms.

Senator John McCain said Friday he wouldn’t support the Graham-Cassidy proposal. The measure, however, includes much that employer groups like, including removal of employer-mandate penalties and HSA reforms.

Senate Republican leaders are struggling to win support from holdouts in their party for what may be their last chance for a long time to pass a GOP-only repeal of the ACA.

Employers need to combat worker stress, anxiety and depression through a combination of digital tools and live training, Happify execs say at EBN’s Benefits Forum & Expo.

Iowa’s proposed plan could spiral into a ‘Medicaid for all’ scenario fairly quickly, says adviser Craig Hasday.

Strategies include moving to high-deductible health plans and making tradeoffs across benefits packages.

Employers need to make sure they are using the new summary of benefits and coverage template and comply with reporting requirements, benefits attorneys warn.