Health Benefits

Health Benefits

House to Vote for Repeal of ACA’s ‘Cadillac Tax’

Despite strong bipartisan support for a repeal of the onerous excise tax on health benefits, its fate in the Senate remains unclear.

David McCann
July 17, 2019
Health Benefits

What Are the Top Health Benefits Priorities for 2020?

Mercer offers a comprehensive look at what health plan sponsors should be thinking about this contract season.
Health Benefits

Is Stop-Loss Insurance Losing Some of Its Value?

With specialty drugs driving the most costly medical claims to stratospheric heights, stop-loss policies may not offer the same peace of mind they once did.
Fraud

SEC Charges Bring Long Fraud Saga to a Close

Five years after GT Advanced Technologies went bankrupt, the company and its ex-CEO, facing overwhelming evidence, cop to SEC allegations.
Health Benefits

Do Companies Get Their Money’s Worth from ‘Wellness’?

Many companies plan to continue or expand financial incentives over the next three to five years; however, the effects of such programs are largely unknown.
Health Benefits

5 Health Care Trends for CFOs to Watch in 2019

With companies still pressured by rising health benefits costs, they must actively engage in taking advantage of systemic changes in the health care market.
Health Benefits

6 Diet-based Ways to Pare Health Costs

With poor eating habits a leading cause of illness and death, employers can't afford not to help employees improve their nutrition.
Human Capital & Careers

Key to Paring Health Costs: Clinical Testing

Understanding which treatments and tests work best for which workers can help companies drive down health care spending.
Health Benefits

Health-Care Cost Growth Increased in 2018

An average 3.6% rise in employers' health-benefits costs was up a point from last year and once again exceeded the general inflation rate.
Compensation

Sudden Hike in Wages Is Biggest in a Decade

With unemployment at its lowest rate in five decades, attracting and retaining workers becomes a top operational priority.
Health Benefits

Most Companies Don’t Manage Health-Care Waste

Companies are united in a view that there's significant waste in the system, yet a minority are taking steps like collecting and analyzing telltale data.
Retirement Plans

U.S. Given ‘C’ Rating In Annual Pension Survey

The retirement systems of Scandinavian economies are tops, while those of the U.S., the U.K., and France languish, according to Mercer.
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