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I’ve written previously that the Allentown Morning Call described Rick Santorum on several occasions in 1994 as seeking to “require individuals to buy health insurance rather than forcing employers to pay for benefits.”
Employers are continually searching for ways to improve the health of their employees, control health care costs while still providing quality health care and provide benefits that their employees will truly value
Various groups, including the Attorneys General of twenty-six states, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, and several individuals, have sued the federal government over parts of the Affordable Care Act
Visa is designated the preferred payment solution for 1.5 million employee benefit accounts
According to Baylor, Texas A&M and SAS article in MIT Sloan Management Review, workplace health care Is a growing trend to offset rising costs and improve employee health
Innovative provider of value-based benefit design solutions for employers achieves 250% growth rate in SaaS-based health solutions business and 300% growth rate in California health insurance business
Aetna and Heartland Health in St. Joseph, Missouri announced this week the Aetna Whole Health Midwest Community Health Solutions Plan.
Milliman just released this video examining employer sponsored insurance and health care costs. The video offers a “101” on how ESI works, and has this great line on the impact of underlying medical costs on premiums (about 1:57):
To understand how health care is financed in the United States, you must start with the flow of money into and out of the employer-sponsored insurance system, which covers almost 60 percent of the US population under age 65.
The IRS has clarified aspects of its guidance issued early in 2011, regarding the obligation of many employers to begin reporting health coverage values on employees' Forms W-2.
Peter Cady, who works 12-hour shifts on his feet at Intel’s plant here, occasionally suffers severe lower back spasms. But he nearly gave up seeking medical help because in the weeks it took to get a doctor’s appointment and a referral to physical therapy, the pain usually subsided.
A powerful combination of factors has converged on health care in ways that will influence how consumers choose and use medical services. Rising costs, information transparency, and information technology set today’s stage for consumer choice.
Driving value through quality and cost information across a broad spectrum of health care needs. 2012 pilot to integrate Medco's My Rx Choices® with Castlight to drive increased health care consumerism
The landscape of health care is constantly evolving (too often it is “eroding” for many businesses).
UnitedHealthcare is offering a new health plan package in New Mexico called Multi-Choice that gives small businesses across the state more benefit plan options they can offer their employees, while keeping cost-effective coverage in place.
Health care is increasingly population-based and impersonal.
With legislative reform and other market forces driving up health care costs, more employers are choosing to self-insure their health benefits to achieve several clear advantages over the traditional approach: cost savings, exemption from state regulations and premium taxes, plan consistency, customizable benefits and costs based on claim’s history.
When it comes to office equipment and innovative document solutions, RJ Young is an expert, but when it comes to employee health benefits, the Nashville-based company knew it was out of its element and needed some help.
Having have been battered by cost increases, employers are torn between bottom-line considerations and effects on employee morale
he Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments by March about the constitutionality of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with a decision likely by June.