A new fertility bill could change employers’ family-building strategies
Despite not being a mandate, the passing of the bill could make a big difference in leaders’ approach.
Healthcare-related legislation
Benefits Think AI in employment decisions: Critical questions emerging from the Workday and Meta cases
Determining human involvement is crucial, but so is assessing how AI is being trained in the area of disability, leave and accommodation rights.
Benefits Think Inside Medicare’s new GLP-1 demonstration
A look at what the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program covers, what it doesn't, and what plan sponsors need to know.
Benefits Think The price variation hiding inside your health plan
Visible hospital pricing is an opportunity for benefit leaders to compare costs for procedures across facilities.
Benefits Think The post-subsidy ACA reality: What it means for benefits and the evolving broker role
A look at the current challenges facing employees and employers, and how to deliver value to clients.
Benefits Think The post-subsidy ACA reality: What it means for benefits and the evolving broker role
A look at the current challenges facing employees and employers, and how to deliver value to clients.
Benefit brokers consider efficacy of medical cannabis
Reimbursing employees for physician-authorized medical cannabis gains traction as an alternative to costly pharmaceuticals.
Americans are more worried about healthcare costs than gas or groceries
Loss of access to Affordable Care Act subsidies and a steep increase in premiums have left millions uneasy about their ability to afford necessary care and medication.
Benefits Think How Congress can address healthcare affordability for small businesses
Legislation can help small employers offer health benefit options that attract and retain talent.
Benefits Think What we need to know about OBBBA’s impact
Telehealth integration, a broader playing field for HSA contributions and a shot in the arm for direct primary care lead the way among several positive legislative changes.
Jay Kirschbaum
World Insurance Associates
Benefits Think Why advisers must champion fiduciary training for clients
Those who deliver or coordinate complete fiduciary training programs set themselves apart as advanced professionals who command enduring client referrals.
US House nears passage of Trump’s tax bill after all-nighter
Overcoming holdouts for a 219-213 victory, the bill now advances toward a final vote.
TPA court ruling spotlights fiduciary violation
Benefit brokers and advisers could face legal scrutiny if they fail to disclose indirect compensation and are advised to vet TPA contracts more carefully.
Novo’s Ozempic, Wegovy targeted for medicare price cuts
Success at reducing the cost of these and other popular drugs would bring dramatic savings to the government and seniors.
Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho, for now
The pause will allow doctors to assist at-risk mothers, but it is not a permanent solution.
Playbook Your long-term care legislation playbook
Brokers can access a step-by-step strategy to prepare for potential state long-term care legislation:
Citi begins vaccine requirements for all U.S. workers
U.S. banks have been grappling with vaccine mandates and testing policies as they slowly bring staff back into their facilities.
Without Ginsburg, judicial threats to the ACA, reproductive rights heighten
Ginsburg’s death throws an already chaotic general election campaign during a pandemic into more turmoil. But in the longer term, her absence from the bench could accelerate a trend underway to get cases to the Supreme Court toward invalidating the ACA and rolling back reproductive freedoms for women.
Benefits Think Why employers must push for legislation to weather coronavirus
This crisis has brought to the forefront a renewed sense of urgency for employers to take a more inclusive approach to meeting the diverse needs of workers over the long term.
Richard McKenney
Unum
Single-payer healthcare could lead to major employee benefits industry shakeout
If Democrats win in November, single-payer healthcare could still be on the agenda. Its adoption would shake up the benefits industry.
