Health Care

January 14, 2019

‘Olympic’ wellness plan cut healthcare claims and customer costs

January 14, 2019

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?

July 16, 2014

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.

December 6, 2011

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.

by Jim Giuliano

January 7, 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.

by Jared Bilski

December 11, 2015

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.

July 21, 2010

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.

by Tim Gould

June 20, 2014

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.

November 9, 2010

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 […]

by Lynn Cavanaugh

July 28, 2020

firms should seek long-term solutions to improve employee health

3 tactics got employees on board with major health insurance switch

May 1, 2019

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.

September 12, 2014

3 ways we tackled the cost increases brought on by health reform