Health Care
10 ACA questions employees want you to answer – now
If employees haven’t come to you with questions about the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) affect on them, get ready … they’re coming. Want to know what they’re going to ask?
10 Most-liked Elements of Obamacare
Overall, public perception of the healthcare reform law remains pretty negative. But one requirement of the law is viewed favorably by the vast majority of registered Republicans, Democrats and independents.
12 high-impact fed rules that will affect HR this year
Congress and various federal agencies are enacting a dozen new rules and procedures that will affect how you do business in 2010.
2 benefits never to put on the chopping block
With healthcare costs continuing to skyrocket — along with fears of triggering the “Cadillac” tax in 2018 — employers are looking into what kinds of benefits they can cut.
2 keys to effective post-reform wellness programs
If employee wellness wasn’t a top priority before health reform was passed, it probably is now.
2 tweaks to health reform rules you may have missed
When the Department of Labor (DOL) provided firms with new model COBRA notices, it also tucked away other key health reform info in that document — info that you might have overlooked.
2 ways Republicans plan to suffocate healthcare reform
Right now Republican strategists are plotting how they’ll make good on their campaign promise to halt the president’s healthcare overhaul – and early indications are they have the power to tie it up in red tape.
2021 health insurance premiums: Will COVID-19 drive them higher?
In a normal year, the American Academy of Actuaries outlines the factors driving health insurance costs for the next plan year. However, things are tricky this year due to the coronavirus. Yes, COVID-19 cases are resulting in some sky-high hospital bills, such as a Seattle man whose two-month stay cost $1.1 million. Yet, at the…
3 ways employers can remove barriers to employee health care
Providing access to quality health care for employees is a top priority for employers who understand the value of healthy, productive workers. That’s why HR and leadership want to remove barriers to employee health care. Cancer, which affects millions of people and is the second leading cause of death in the United States, accounts for…
3 ways Obamacare can help your company
Healthcare reform is obviously not what everyone wishes it could be. Everyone wishes costs were lower, for example. But that’s not to say it’s completely devoid of redeeming qualities.
38% of Americans said they delayed medical care in 2022
If you thought employees were done delaying medical care now that the pandemic is waning, that assumption would be incorrect. It’s at its highest point yet – 38%. Gallup has been tracking Americans’ self-reports of delaying medical care in the past 12 months due to costs since 2001. And this year Gallup’s annual Health and…
4 key areas to check to make sure your health plan is in compliance
The sheer complexity of changing federal regs as well as the impact of recent landmark court rulings on benefits plans make assessing health-plan compliance a critical task that HR pros need to put at the top of their to-do list. In fact, ERISA attorney Daniel N. Kuperstein is warning employers everywhere that most health plans aren’t…
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