Health insurers sink as `Medicare for all’ idea gains traction
Democrats’ new “Medicare for all” bill would replace almost all private plans.
Healthcare reform
Trump administration seeks to curb protections for drug rebates
Under the proposal, safe-harbor protection would be allowed only for rebates on discounts offered directly to patients, and fixed-fee service arrangements between drugmakers and PBMs.
Blue states challenge Trump’s association health plan rules
The Trump administration's desire to end Obamacare could spell trouble for newly expanded association health plans.
These healthcare proposals make policy sense, industry lobbyists say — if only Congress would act
Repealing the Cadillac tax, simplifying ACA employer reporting requirements and expanding HSAs are high on priority lists.
Benefits Think The approaching ACA premium tax moratorium – Take 2
The budgetary challenge of this on-again, off-again Congressional approach is that when the tax returns, fully insured renewals naturally go up about 4% more than they would have otherwise.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think The approaching ACA premium tax moratorium – take 2
The budgetary challenge of this on-again, off-again Congressional approach is that when the tax returns, fully insured renewals naturally go up about 4% more than they would have otherwise.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think Trump Administration allows for longer ‘short-term’ healthcare policies
The final rule expands the coverage length of limited duration insurance under the Affordable Care Act — but it does not comply with coverage requirements.
Jordan Grushkin
Sheppard Mullin
Benefits Think Everything small employers need to know about association health plans
Robert Skelton, chief administrative officer of the Society of Association Executives, explains the the changing AHP landscape.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think Healthcare under Trump: Where the ACA stands now
Since its inception, the ACA has had a confusing impact on every aspect of healthcare. The administration’s efforts over the past 18 months have only perpetuated the chaos.
Arthur Tacchino
SyncStream Solutions
Benefits Think Healthcare under Trump: Where the ACA stands now
Since its inception, the ACA has had a confusing impact on every aspect of healthcare. The administration’s efforts over the past 18 months have only perpetuated the chaos.
Arthur Tacchino
SyncStream Solutions
Benefits Think Everything small employers need to know about association health plans
EBN columnist Zack Pace talks with Robert Skelton, chief administrative officer of the Society of Association Executives, about the changing AHP landscape.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Feeling the pain, employers begin to take on the opioid epidemic
Education, addiction services and alternative therapy coverage to treat pain management are among the strategies companies are embracing.
Feeling the pain, employers begin to take on the opioid epidemic
Education, addiction services and alternative therapy coverage to treat pain management are among the strategies companies are embracing.
In a broken healthcare system, an adviser offers custom medical plans
Megan Cook left a traditional brokerage to launch her own firm targeted at changing the way employers approach medical benefits.
Benefits Think Federal rule broadens association health plan opportunities
The final ruling includes protections intended to remedy historical challenges with AHPs and to prevent AHPs from discriminating against individuals based on health reasons.
Helaine I. Fingold
Epstein Becker Green
Benefits Think How the new AHP rule changes will transform small businesses
The DOL upended the traditional dynamic of company-sponsored benefits and threw a lifeline to millions of small companies and their HR teams.
Kevin Dunn
Decisely
Benefits Think How the new association health plan rule will transform small businesses
The DOL upended the traditional dynamic of company-sponsored benefits and threw a lifeline to millions of small companies and their HR teams.
Kevin Dunn
Decisely
Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan health venture takes aim at middlemen
The health venture established will take aim at intermediaries in the healthcare system as a part of a broad effort to reduce wasteful spending
Gawande says goal is better healthcare for 1 million workers
The CEO of the Amazon-JPMC-Berkshire Hathaway aims to address the “tapeworm” eating the U.S. economy.
Dimon, Bezos, Buffett tap Harvard’s Gawande for health firm
Atul Gawande, the surgeon and journalist who has written extensively about America’s failure to grapple with an inefficient healthcare system, has been named to head a new venture for Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.
