Healthcare plans

Top Senate Republicans are trying to move on from their partisan drive to replace the ACA despite urging from President Donald Trump to keep seeking a broad alternative to President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement.

The truth is that group plans typically earn a percentage of total expenditures, and it is in representatives’ best interest for medical services to cost as much as possible.

Assessing and monitoring family history and lifestyle-based risk factors and giving employees access to experienced specialists are among the underused tactics companies should embrace.

HHS Secretary Tom Price said Sunday that “no decision’s been made” on whether to continue key ACA subsidies to health-insurance companies, but that the administration’s job is “to follow the law of the land.”

Republicans in Congress have been unable agree on a way to repeal and replace Obamacare – and now they’re divided on whether they should give up on their GOP-only approach.

After failing to repeal or replace the ACA, Senate Republicans are slimming down their ambitions to target the one piece of the health law they loathe most.

Assessing and monitoring family history and lifestyle-based risk factors and giving employees access to experienced specialists are among the underused tactics companies should embrace.

Coaches can address risk factors and prevent the future health problems of employees who struggle with stress, sleep issues or lack of exercise.

The Senate rejected a simple repeal of the ACA on Wednesday, still in the early stages of an unpredictable floor debate on healthcare amid significant doubts that Republicans can muster the 50 votes needed to pass any kind of bill.

Large market employers can mitigate the risks of fully insured plans, but the small to middle market may find that joining a medical captive brings more control over their medical costs, says adviser Mark Gaunya.

The Senate rejected Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s healthcare proposal late Tuesday at the start of several days of debate with no clear idea of what ACA-replacement plan the senators will ultimately be asked to pass.

Senate Republicans agreed to begin floor debate on healthcare legislation, a hard-fought step amid uncertainty about exactly what plan senators will ultimately be asked to vote on.

Several key Republican holdouts on healthcare legislation said they will vote to begin debate Tuesday afternoon, even though senators don’t know exactly where the legislation will end up.

Senate Republican leaders and President Donald Trump appear determined to begin a floor debate Tuesday on repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Employers looking to nab top talent are instituting paid leave policies aimed at the sandwich generation, who are taking care of aging parents alongside newborns.

Senate Republican leaders must decide which healthcare proposal they’ll ask members to vote on this week, in what has become a series of all-out efforts to get their own members on board.

Coaches can address risk factors and prevent the future health problems of employees who struggle with stress, sleep issues or lack of exercise.

Advisers think they know a great deal about CDHPs, but new data reveal a lack of understanding about associated wellness incentives and account-based plans.

The Senate parliamentarian issued a preliminary finding that key parts of Republicans’ health-care proposal don’t qualify for a fast-track procedure being used by the GOP.

Employers looking to nab top talent are instituting paid leave policies aimed at the sandwich generation, who are taking care of aging parents alongside newborns.