Dan Mangan recently wrote about Obamacare for CNBC, stating that "There were no significant differences in the percentages of adults getting or being offered health insurance through an employer."
Dave Chase advocates for CEOs to question where health plan documents that their organization operates under come from – internally or from the health plan carriers themselves?
A TransUnion Healthcare study has found more evidence that employees are bearing the brunt of healthcare costs in the form of deductibles and OOP maximums, with a 13 percent rise in both between 2014-2015.
"With health care costs jumping in 2016, Americans should prepare for the unexpected," writes Lucy Mueller for Forbes.
Matt Straz recently wrote for Entrepreneur about why employers' engagement strategies aren't hitting their marks, citing only a 1.1% increase in employee engagement over the last five years (according to Gallup).
Drew Altman, President and Chief Executive of the Kaiser Family Foundation, shares his perspective on how affordable the Affordable Care Act really is, for both those insured in the marketplace and through employers.
House Republicans released a white paper outlining their plan to provide “High Quality Health Care for All” – the GOP’s proposed approach to replace the ACA. Tracy Watts broke down the new plan for Mercer Signal.
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The Associated Press recently wrote about a growing issue in health care - seasonal agriculture workers are required to have health insurance, but reaching them can be an uphill battle.
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The GOP may be offering up alternatives to the ACA, but for now the universal health plan is here to stay and keeps chugging along. Below is a quick round-up of relevant ACA news that came out this month, and could help keep you on track and in compliance.
Federally qualified health centers that serve mostly poor and low-income families in distressed or rural communities have always had a tough time recruiting physicians. And now, it's getting even harder. - Steven Ross Johnson, Modern Health Care
