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Plan Design & Financing Strategies
The Plan Design & Financing Strategies community showcases the latest news and innovative trends employers use to establish, implement and maintain a health care plan and strategies for moving from a traditional health plan to self-funding, or a consumer-directed health plan.
Articles
In Talent Hunt, Some Businesses Offer Health Benefits For Same-Sex Couples
President Obama's pronouncement last week in favor of same-sex marriage has no legal effect on employers' decisions on whether to offer benefits to workers' domestic partners.
Single-Payor Healthcare: What Could it Do on the National Stage?
One of the biggest buzz words in healthcare today is "reform" — and to quote REO Speedwagon, "It's everywhere." Perhaps the biggest poster child of the term "reform" is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that President Barack Obama signed into law in March 2010.
How Obamacare Tackled the Pitfalls of Employer-Sponsored Insurance Reform
Last weekend, I explained why the discriminatory tax treatment of employer-sponsored insurance is the original sin behind America’s exceedingly expensive health-care system.
Consumer-Driven Health Plans Could Save $57.1 Billion per Year
The RAND researchers we reviewed before have come out with a follow-up study in Health Affairs of the potential impact of consumer driven plans on the American health care system.
Press Releases
Cigna to Acquire Great American Supplemental Benefits Group
Cigna Adds Industry Leading Supplemental Benefits Solutions Provider to Its Existing Individual and Senior Businesses, and Acquisition Further Extends Cigna’s Capabilities in the Individual and Seniors Market.
Emergency Room Visits on the Rise Due to Low Copay Costs But Some Visits May Not be Necessary
According to 2012 Employee Medical Plan Trends Report, Lower Relative Copays for Urgent Care and Specialists Also Appear to Be Driving More Visits to those Sites, Says Joint HighRoads and Corporate Executive Board Analysis
Aetna Whole Health Introduces Individual Plans
Expanding the reach of its accountable care initiative (ACO) with Carilion Clinic, Aetna has begun offering an array of affordable individual insurance plans in the Roanoke area.
Blog Posts
On the Health Care Reform Horizon: New Info on W-2s
05/16/2012 - With the slew of other new legal disclosures coming up this summer, adding the full...
John Driscoll joins Castlight Health as President
05/15/2012 - Castlight Health is getting serious about pursuing its ambition to bring health care transparency to...
IHC FORUM WEST 2012
05/14/2012 - The IHC FORUM WEST 2012 Registration is now open. We have a new and exciting...
More Information Is Not Always Better: Pulling Consumers Into Active Choices About Testing
05/08/2012 - “I’m thinking of getting a full-body CT scan,” Jane said. “What do you think?” Here...
White Papers
Care Continuum Alliance Paper Describes Core Components of Coordinated Care for Dual Eligibles
he Care Continuum Alliance (CCA) released a policy paper that recommends core components for programs to deliver integrated, coordinated care for people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid coverage dual eligibles.
California Employer Health Benefits Survey
California workers are feeling the squeeze when it comes to their health benefits. The coverage landscape includes continued premium growth, more cost-sharing, and higher deductibles.
SIIA Counters Criticisms of Self-Insured Group Health Plans & Stop-Loss Insurance
The Self-Insurance Institute of America Inc. (SIIA) announced the release of a new white paper, entitled Self-Insured Group Health Plans, Stop-Loss Insurance & Adverse Selection, which has been published to correct inaccurate information state and federal policy-makers have been provided about how the self-insurance marketplace
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