Insurance

After Ginsburg, Supreme Court could toss ACA

09/22/2020

Oral arguments in the case of California v. Texas are scheduled for Nov. 10, the third time the constitutionality of the landmark health care reform law has been tested.

Presidential campaign: Where Trump, Biden differ on HR issues

09/10/2020

President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden disagree on most issues affecting America’s workplaces. Here is a breakdown of where they stand.

Do your employees rely on mail-order prescriptions?

08/25/2020

With questions being raised about potential delays in U.S. Postal Service delivery, the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that 6.6 million enrollees in health insurance plans sponsored by large employers counted on mail-order pharmacies for at least one prescription in 2018.

Workers’ comp increasingly covers covid-19

08/06/2020

Most states have now modified their workers’ compensation systems to cover employees unable to work because they contracted covid-19 on the job.

Supreme Court rules for religious employers

07/09/2020

Two of the U.S. Supreme Court’s final decisions of the 2019-2020 term backed employers’ ability to invoke religion to exempt themselves from laws affecting employees and the workplace.

Use open enrollment to explain new plan changes

06/30/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has ushered in important changes for employer-provided health plans. According to experts at the Mercer consulting firm, this fall’s upcoming open enrollment season is the perfect opportunity to make sure employees understand what’s new.

Snapshot: Who uses telemedicine most?

06/02/2020

Virtual care grew 1.6 times in the last year.

IRS grants more health benefits flexibility

05/28/2020

The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance that provides health benefits options for employees affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Abortion excluded from 10% of employee coverage

05/19/2020

Ten percent of workers are employed by an organization that has asked their insurer or third-party administrator to exclude abortion coverage from their health plan, according to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

COBRA compliance, notice deadlines extended

05/07/2020

Because employers may be working with skeleton staffs, some of the necessary paperwork associated with coronavirus-related terminations may have slipped through the cracks. The federal government has extended several deadlines so employers can catch up.