New legislation in Congress would lower the age of Medicare eligibility to 55, from the current 65. The Medicare at 55 Act is sponsored by[...]
There is a new Summary of Benefits and Coverage template that health plans will be required to use during open enrollment for the 2018 plan[...]
As employers anticipate that their employee health insurance costs will rise 5.5% for the 2018 policy year, they are also planning to step up their[...]
AS HEALTH care costs continue rising and employees are being asked to shoulder more of the expense burden, you can help them by offering a[...]
As competition for talent heats up, more companies are not only offering higher salaries, but also boosting their employee benefit offerings, according to a new[...]
THE TRUMP administration is crafting regulations allowing small employers to bypass government-run exchanges to purchase coverage and still be eligible for a tax subsidy. Part[...]
ALTHOUGH THE Senate’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has failed, the Trump administration seems intent on not enforcing the regulations governing[...]
The Affordable Care Act facing an uncertain future under the Trump administration, some insurers have become jittery enough to announce they are pulling out of[...]
THE STATE Senate at the start of June passed legislation that would create a single-payer health insurance system in California. The measure, which was sparse[...]
While the Senate was working on its own legislation to eliminate the Affordable Care Act, the House moved ahead with a second piece of legislation[...]