Industry Updates
This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.
Within days of Donald Trump’s election victory, health care entrepreneur Calley Means turned to social media to crowdsource advice. Means is among a cadre of health business leaders and nonmainstream doctors who are influencing President Donald Trump’s focus on health policy.
By being prepared and implementing strategic solutions, employers can mitigate some of the financial pressures that may arise from the IRA, ensuring that their employees and retirees are better protected from the ripple effects of this landmark legislation.
The American Benefits Council found most voters back current rules, while America's Health Insurance Plans found bipartisan support.
The IRS has expanded the list of preventive care benefits for high-deductible health plans allowing for coverage without meeting deductibles and enabling tax deductions and reimbursements through health accounts.
The survey results suggest that employers should provide comprehensive offerings for increasingly diverse workforce health needs.
Unauthorized switching of Affordable Care Act plans appears to have tapered off in recent weeks based on an almost one-third drop in casework associated with consumer complaints, say federal regulators. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees the ACA, credits steps taken to thwart enrollment and switching problems that triggered more than 274,000 complaints ...
With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slated to take the top spot at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President-elect Donald Trump, some in the biopharma industry are concerned about his tenure’s possible impacts on companies’ direct-to-consumer outreach. RFK Jr. has previously expressed a desire to put a stop to DTC pharma ads in ...
The Chicago law firm Loftus & Eisenberg filed a class action suit in Houston federal court alleging a health services account company has been stealing funds from HSA participants. The lawsuit, Woodbright v. Health Matching Account Services Inc., alleges the company took tens of millions of dollars from consumers nationwide. The 71-page complaint, comparing the terms of ...
The coalition is trying to ward off any efforts to weaken the current federal income tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health benefits. They oppose moves to cap the exclusion to increase federal tax revenue and help narrow the federal budget deficit or offset the cost of other federal tax cuts or federal program funding increases.
President-elect Donald Trump picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The position requires confirmation by the Senate. He touted the appointment as one of the most important in his Cabinet.