Month: August 2020

Large employers expect the cost of providing health coverage to workers to increase next year, as employees seek care they put off during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oral arguments for the Trump administration-backed lawsuit to strike down the Affordable Care Act (ACA), will be heard at the Supreme Court on Nov. 10, just one week after the presidential election.

The record profits that health insurers reported in the second quarter of 2020 will likely subside over the next several months as they return excess income to plan members, according to credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service.

The first half of 2020 has been anything but business as usual. While many companies have embraced remote working policies, one thing has become clear: Insurtech (use of technology to increase efficiency in the insurance industry) is poised to continue to influence how the health insurance industry operates.

For the millions of workers who suddenly went remote during the pandemic, the boundary between work and life has become more muddled than ever. A lot of folks are juggling jobs and kids at home. Without commutes, workers are actually logging more hours, multiple surveys show.

President Trump is searching for a health care victory ahead of the 2020 election, and has turned to executive action to try to achieve it.

British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had started early testing of an antibody-based treatment for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.

For three years now, a key staple of the BenefitsPRO Broker Expo has included a Face of Change panel, featuring those in the industry–young and old–working to help employers rethink their benefits and health care strategies. These brokers must not only be willing to embrace change themselves, but inspire employers and employees to take a leap of faith.

Covered California opened enrollment for those affected by the “triple threat” of fires, the pandemic, and the recession.

The California Department of Insurance today launched remote testing for license examinations, providing more flexibility and opportunities to thousands of insurance license candidates in light of existing COVID-19 social distancing requirements and local public health orders.