Pandemic Clouds Health Insurance Cost Predictions
With large employers expecting health insurance rates to climb 5.3% in 2021, they are concerned about how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect overall health care costs in the coming years, a new survey has found. Those expectations gleaned from the survey
Trump Issues Executive Orders to Reduce Drug Costs
President Trump has issued executive orders aimed at reducing the cost of medications by tying Medicare payment for outpatient drugs to international prices, passing drug-maker rebates to patients and not middlemen, and allowing individuals to import prescription medications. Another executive order
Preparing for Open Enrollment During the Pandemic
With the coronavirus showing no signs of slowing, health insurance is likely top of mind for your employees. Many of them will be anxious and it’s likely that they will be more engaged and interested in understanding whether their current
No Surprises Act Is Failing and Driving Health Plan Costs
A coalition of more than 60 employer groups, insurers, patient advocacy organizations and labor groups is urging the federal government to crack down on what they say is widespread abuse of the arbitration process created under the No Surprises Act. In