Healthcare reform
How to manage ACA admin responsibilities effectively
Craig Davidson explains how to help clients with the most complicated of health plan admin duties.
Benefits Think The showdown, the slowdown and the throwdown
Finally, America the Ordinary those folks more interested in Duck Dynasty than their health care benefits has been absolutely bombarded with a non-stop barrage of mass media headlines actually focused on their health care insurance.
5 days to HIX launch: How will insurance exchanges benefit employers?
Largely lost in the furor have been the ways in which employers could potentially benefit from the ACA and the launch of the new public health insurance exchanges on Oct. 1.
Americans reject effort to end Obamacare amid ad barrage
Half of Americans say Republicans should stop demanding that President Barack Obamas Affordable Care Act be defunded as part of legislation to keep the government running even as they voice concern about the laws impact.
State-run exchange broker training causing frustration; federal is easy
EBA follows up on how broker training is going in states across the country.
6 Days to HIX Launch: How Will Insurance Exchanges Benefit Employers?
Largely lost in the furor have been the ways in which employers could potentially benefit from the ACA and the launch of the new public health insurance exchanges, starting six days from now on October 1.
Doctors brace for ACAs surge of ailing patients
In effect, the ACAs biggest promise becomes its most formidable challenge: unprecedented access to care for a needy population when the nation is already grappling with overtaxed emergency rooms and a shortage of physicians.
Are Obamas $3,000 ACA premiums affordable?
Health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will cost individuals at least $2,988 a year on average, a price that Republican opponents may target as out-of-reach for many Americans who dont qualify for U.S. subsidies.
Obamacare enrollment continues if government shuts down
Shutting down the government wont shut down the health care law.
Employees to demand small employers drop health coverage?
In the not-so-distant future small employers may stop offering employer-sponsored health coverage because employees will demand it, said a speaker at the Workplace Benefits Summit in New Orleans Monday.
California health exchange ready for full opening Oct. 1, official says
California, the most populous U.S. state, says the health insurance exchange its building as part of the Affordable Care Act will be ready on Oct. 1.
Making the case for a private exchange
Once you have seen one private health care exchange, you have seen just one exchange, as they are all unique, concluded a panel discussing the new marketplaces at a conference Sunday in New Orleans.
Making the case for a private exchange
Speaking at the Benefits Forum & Expo, sponsored by EBNs parent company, SourceMedia, Tina Provancal, health care exchange product development leader at Aon Hewitt, said that there is a specific reason why we got to where we are today in health care.
Health spending slow due to recession, not ACA
The four-year slowdown in U.S. health care spending will end next year, and there is no sign the Affordable Care Act will significantly curb the acceleration in costs, government actuaries said in a report.
Aon Hewitt adds major employers to health care exchange
In one of the biggest steps for private health care exchanges so far, Aon Hewitt has announced that it will be offering health benefits for more than 330,000 American employees of some well-known companies, including Walgreens, Sears Holdings and Darden Restaurants parent company of Red Lobster and the Olive Garden.
Computer bugs not expected to infest enrollment
While some are expecting technical glitches come Oct. 1, others point out the enormity of whats at stake and quell widespread fears.
What happens on Oct. 2?
At 2 p.m. ET on Oct. 2, EBN and EBA will offer a web seminar on issues relating to ACA implementation and what they mean for employers whether or not they plan having their workers participate in ACA marketplaces.
Texans in dark on Obamacare as enrollment startup looms
Randy Osbans job selling ribs and brisket from a yellow trailer on Texass state road 71 offers a sweeping view of the hill country beyond Austin. One benefit his business doesnt provide is health insurance.