How viable is Trump’s plan to expand cross-state insurance sales?
Fear of unintended consequences, such as a reduction in quality of care, has many in the industry unenthusiastic about the President-elect’s proposal.
Politics and policy
Benefits Think Can the Affordable Care Act be repealed?
With the election of Donald Trump, the possible replacement of the ACA is the first thing that comes to mind for many Americans. Steve Flores, partner at Winston & Strawn, asks if Trump has the power to do so?
Steve Flores
Winston & Straw
Benefits Think The messy politics of repealing the ACA
Donald Trump and Republicans are about to encounter a political nightmare: unraveling the Affordable Care Act, says Bloomberg View columnist Albert R. Hunt.
Albert R. Hunt
Bloomberg View
CIAB tells employers: Don’t expect ACA changes before 2018
Repeal of employer mandate, reporting requirements on the table in Trump administration, says the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ Joel Wood.
Why reverse mortgages are worth a look: Retirement Scan
The proceeds can be used to pay the tax bill from converting a 401(k) and traditional IRA into a Roth account.
Benefits Think 6 health reform fixes that should be in TrumpCare
Tax deductions, coverage limits and drug approval process all need to be addressed, say industry insiders.
Dan Whitney
Medova Healthcare
Why reverse mortgages are worth a look
The proceeds can be used to pay the tax bill from converting a 401(k) and traditional IRA into a Roth account.
Benefits Think Trumpcare: A new reality for U.S. healthcare
The benefits community — and the whole country — will be watching closely to see just how President-elect Trump fires the ACA.
Daniel N. Kuperstein
Corporate Synergies
NAHU wants piecemeal ACA adjustments under Trump
Having met with the President-elect’s pre-transition team, the broker org is ready to promote agent interests in new political landscape, says VP of gov’t affairs Marcy Buckner.
Benefit pros predict Trump’s healthcare, retirement moves
Although the president-elect has not shared many details, advisers and other stakeholders see the ACA playing a big role early on.
Who will lead the charge for Trumpcare?
Washington insiders are likely candidates as point person to repeal and replace the ACA in the forthcoming administration.
Employers in uncertainty mode after Trump victory
Benefits professionals will need a crystal ball to determine how the President-elect’s policies will shape up, says SHRM’s Lisa Horn.
Benefits Think Top 10 employment-law challenges Trump faces
It’s official: Donald Trump will soon be our nation’s 45th president. Now the work begins to forecast what the next four years will bring.
What Trump’s election really means to employees’ retirement plans
Workers’ savings hasn’t been a No. 1 priority for the President-elect, but he has vowed not to cut Social Security.
Benefits Think 5 hopes for the benefits industry under President Trump
The president-elect wants to take down the ACA, but he does not have it in for advisers, says Sage Benefit Advisers’ Vinnie Daboul.
Vinnie Daboul
Sage Benefit Advisers
Benefits Think The key challenges Trump will face in implementing his healthcare policies
The first 100 days will be critical for the new president to prove he can work with legislators, says Sun Life’s James Slotnick.
James Slotnick
Sun Life
Broker and agent organizations see opportunity in Trump presidency
Industry lobbyists ready to defend employer-sponsored healthcare system and tackle cost, MLR issues under Republican-led Congress.
Who will lead the charge for Trumpcare?
Washington insiders are likely candidates as point person to repeal and replace the ACA in the forthcoming administration.
How is the benefits industry reacting to the Trump victory?
Employers will “be watching to see how the new administration will maintain or change legislation and regulations impacting benefit plans,” says IFEBP CEO Michael Wilson.
Benefit pros predict Trump’s healthcare, retirement moves
Although the president-elect has not shared many details, advisers and other stakeholders see the ACA playing a big role early on.
