By Ilyse Wolens Schuman During the first employment-related hearing conducted Friday by the new Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions … Read more
Small Businesses Drop Health Coverage Due to Obamacare Alternatives
For two decades Atlanta restaurant owner Jim Dunn offered a group health plan to his managers and helped pay for it. That ended Dec. 1, after the … Read more
Employers Love Wellness Plans, But the Question is – Do They Even Work?
If you get health insurance at work, chances are you have some sort of wellness plan, too. But so far there’s no real evidence as to whether these plans … Read more
Biggest Loser Contests at Work? Only If They Pass Muster With the EEOC
By Howard Mavity We are again running a Biggest Loser Contest among our 31 offices and will award prizes, beginning at $1,000, to individuals who lose the … Read more
Feds Warn Employers Not to Dump Sick Workers From Health Plans
As employers try to minimize expenses under the health law, the Obama Administration has warned them against paying high-cost workers to leave the company … Read more
EEOC to Offer Employers Guidance on Wellness Programs
By Eric B. Meyer The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is obsessed with wellness programs. Or, as the EEOC likes to describe them … Read more
Big Changes For Workplace Health Plans: 6 Pitfalls to Watch For in 2015
You don’t get a pass this year on big health insurance decisions because you and your employees are not shopping in an Affordable Care Act marketplace. … Read more
What You and Your Business Need to Know About Obamacare, Year 2
For business owners, two things in life are certain: taxes and rising health care costs. The two become nearly interchangeable when new IRS Health Care … Read more
Costs Are Rising (Even If Premiums Aren’t) For 2015 Health Care
Fall is enrollment season for many people who get insurance through their workplace. Premium increases for 2015 plans are expected to be modest on average, … Read more
Study: Minimal Savings For Employers Who Cap Medical Payments
In an effort to slow health care spending, more employers are looking at capping what they pay for certain procedures — like joint replacements — and … Read more