By Paul Demko Posted: October 25, 2014 – 12:01 am ET Tags: Health Insurance Exchanges, Healthcare Reform, Insurance Exchanges, Insurance Obamacare supporters got good news recently when UnitedHealth Group announced it wants to be a bigger player in the insurance exchanges. The country’s largest private health insurer said it will increase its participation from five to 24 state exchanges when they open […]
May 2, 2013, 3:39 p.m. ET The health law carries major changes for many employers. Starting in 2014, those with at least 50 workers will owe penalties if they don’t cover full-time employees. To completely avoid the risk of penalties, their health plans will generally have to meet certain minimum requirements, including covering a list […]
July 3, 2013, 7:30 PM By Angus Loten, Adam Janofsky and Caitlin Huston The Obama administration’s unexpected announcement Tuesday that it would delay for at least a year a key requirement of the new health-care law— penalties under the employer mandate—is prompting some small employers to ponder what the reprieve means for their firms. Firms […]
7/3/2013 By Stephen Miller, CEBS last updated July 12, 2013 The Obama administration caught the U.S. business community by surprise when it announced a one-year delay, until Jan. 1, 2015, in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) mandate that employers with 50 or more full-time-equivalent employees provide health […]
Wal-Mart Employees to Pay More for Health-Care Plans CNBC, COMPANIES, WALMART, HEALTH CARE, AON HEWITT Reuters | 12 Nov 2012 | 12:53 PM ET Wal-Mart Stores’ U.S. employees will pay between 8 percent and 36 percent more in premiums for its medical coverage in 2013, prompting some of the 1.4 million workers at the nation’s […]
By Kathryn Mayer September 13, 2012 • Reprints Just one more reason to jump on the wellness bandwagon: Participants in comprehensive workplace wellness programs achieve a significant reduction in health risks in as little as 18 months according to a new study conducted by the Principal Financial Group. The study shows the greatest impact among […]
By Lisa Gillespie February 1, 2012 Today’s aging workforce isn’t fully taking advantage of its vision benefits, and is therefore missing out on a critical preventive care opportunity and leaving itself at higher risk for age-related vision problems, eye diseases and chronic conditions that affect eye health and compromise productivity. This is according to a […]
CHICAGO | Thu., Apr. 19, 2012 3:32pm EDT (Reuters) — Currently, 59% of major employers have a consumer-driven health plan option in place, up from 53% a year ago, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the National Business Group on Health. The groups queried companies with 1,000 or more employees across a range […]