Healthcare plans

Aetna will pass on the discounts it negotiates on prescription drugs to about 3 million of its members, in the latest move to address complaints about the cost of medicine.

Businesses worry about steep premium increases after Congress failed to address market stabilization in the spending bill.

Most employers recognize that such information is “confidential,” but may not fully understand what that means or what they should do to protect it.

The share of medical spending devoted to administrative costs, including billing, is roughly three times what it is in other affluent countries, and it’s a major reason the United States spends twice as much on healthcare.

The National Business Group on Health identifies nine topics that will effect employer sponsored health coverage over the course of the year.

Employers were hoping stabilization reforms would be included, but Mercer consultants say select benefits provisions could be revived at a later date.

Soaring drug prices are hammering smaller employers. Here are three ways benefit brokers can help.

Depending on the size of their workforce, employers don’t want to choose options that are too large or too small.

Most employers recognize that such information is “confidential,” but may not fully understand what that means or what they should do to protect it.

Depending on the size of their workforce, employers don’t want to choose options that are too large or too small.