Insurance

Health benefit spending follows the 20/80 rule

11/12/2019

A new study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds that a small minority of employees account for a huge majority of health insurance plan spending.

Higher health premiums mean less spent elsewhere

11/12/2019

More than 80% of adults told pollsters they would have to cut back on other spending when health care costs increase.

Survey: Most employers offer wellness benefits

10/15/2019

Employers are going beyond providing traditional health benefits to address employees’ well-being, finds a survey from the Robert Half staffing firm.

Average family health premiums now top $20,000

10/15/2019

Annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 5% to average $20,576 this year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s just-released 2019 Employer Health Benefits Survey.

27% of adults have a pre-existing condition

10/10/2019

An analysis by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation finds that almost 54 million people—or 27% of all adults under age 65—have pre-existing health conditions that would likely have made them uninsurable in the individual markets that existed in most states before the Affordable Care Act.

If court scraps ACA, administration wants to delay law’s demise

10/10/2019

The Trump administration plans to seek a stay if the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals invalidates the Affordable Care Act when it issues a ruling in Texas v. Azar—a case in which the Justice Department advocated invalidating the ACA in its entirety.

Out-of-pocket costs rising twice as fast as pay

08/27/2019

Employer strategies to shift more health care costs to employees are working.

More workers now eligible for health insurance

08/06/2019

The number of workers eligible to receive health coverage through their jobs rose from 2014 through 2018, according to a new study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Survey: Health, financial wellness benefits work

07/30/2019

Among the wellness benefits found to be most effective in the survey by the Prudential insurance company were those that help employees monitor and improve their health, access gyms, get advice on fitness or diet and battle addictions such as smoking.

ACA ‘Cadillac tax’ repealed in House, Senate likely to follow suit

07/23/2019

With overwhelming bipartisan support, the House of Representatives on July 17 voted 419-6 to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s unpopular, much-delayed excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health plans.