Healthcare reform

From the push for repeal and replace at the beginning of 2017 to tax reform coming in at the tail end, laws and legislation for employers has been a roller coaster over the past 12 months.

Employers tried new strategies to tame benefit expenses, such as self-funding and association health plans.

From the push for repeal and replace at the beginning of 2017 to tax reform coming in at the tail end, laws and legislation for brokers has been a roller coaster over the past 12 months

Employers tried new strategies to tame benefit expenses, such as self-funding and association health plans.

American Benefits Council and others will push for stabilizing legislation to counteract elimination provision in Republican bill.

Legislation introduced Tuesday in Ways & Means Committee seen as positive for employers by the American Benefits Council.

Some House members say they don’t feel compelled to vote for Senate deal that swayed Susan Collins.

ABC president Jim Klein says legislators should act immediately to eliminate the ‘challenging’ compliance provision, and then repeal the ACA’s Cadillac tax.

A repeal of the ACA requirement in the Senate’s proposal doesn’t get the U.S. closer to much-needed market stability.

The plan released Tuesday night mixes two red-hot debates by adding a repeal of the Obamacare law’s individual mandate to their tax legislation.

Groups say the move would destabilize the health insurance market and raise premiums.

President Donald Trump named former Eli Lilly & Co. executive Alex Azar to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Sen. Tom Cotton has what he calls a "modest proposal" for the tax legislation that House Republicans are poised to release on Wednesday.

In response to Alexander-Murray compromise, administration reportedly looking to expand HSAs and association insurance programs.

In response to Alexander-Murray compromise, administration reportedly looking to expand HSAs and association insurance programs.

From CSR payments to HRA funding, proposed reform’s impact on employees may be truly disruptive to advisers by changing focus from insurance sales to financial planning.

Senator Orrin Hatch and Congressman Kevin Brady, top Republican lawmakers, unveiled a new proposal to shore up the Affordable Care Act.

But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he’s waiting for assurances from President Donald Trump before he allows a vote.

The president says he’s supportive of the work lawmakers are doing to help temporarily stabilize Obamacare’s insurance markets.

It will be months until some of the president’s proposals, such as expanded use of HRAs, could be implemented, but brokers should educate clients now, adviser Mark Johnson says.