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Defined Contribution Health Plans Get a Boost 14 Sep 2012 | 04:51 am
Assuming the Affordable Care Act (ACA) stays on track through the aftermath of the election, it will offer numerous new benefits, such as guaranteed coverage for all adults starting in 2014. Some comp...
The State of the Exchanges 12 Sep 2012 | 03:38 am
With the Supreme Court decision finalized, federal and state agencies are rushing to create [State Health Benefit Exchanges](http://www.healthcareshopper.com/health-insurance-exchange/index.htm) for i...
Feds Will Run Many State Exchanges 16 Aug 2012 | 08:09 am
Many states will not be ready to establish their own [state health insurance exchange ](http://www.healthcareshopper.com/health-insurance-exchange/index.htm)program. Only, 15 states have passed legisl...
Employer Sponsored Healthcare Costs Up 6.9% 20 Jul 2012 | 06:09 am
A *Milliman* study, published March 15, 2012, says the average annual health care costs for a family of four with an employer-sponsored PPO plan increased by 6.9% from 2011 to 2012, to $20,728. **Emp...
Defined Contribution Plans = The Future 19 Jul 2012 | 05:47 am
Today's employer-sponsored health insurance market is dominated by defined benefit plans, under which employers determine a set of health insurance benefits that are provided for employees. These will...
Insurers Fail to Keep a Lid on Health Care Costs 12 Jul 2012 | 07:37 am
Some of the biggest health insurers - Aetna and United Healthcare - recently had to to admit their utter incompetence at keeping a lid on healthcare costs. The are suing a network of surgical centers ...
Regulatory Burdens on Small Businesses Get Worse 26 Jun 2012 | 03:36 am
Our friends at ChamberofCommerce.com created this infographic to raise awareness of an issue important to us and millions of other small businesses. We are a small business ourselves and we serve smal...
Health Care Shoppers Need Transparency 12 Jun 2012 | 05:08 am
As health care consumers, we should be able to see what a service costs in advance of the treatment. We should have access to quality information scored by objective measures and an independent source...
Private Exchanges Wave of the Future? 6 Jun 2012 | 02:35 am
Mike Sarafolean, CEO of *Orion Corp.* of Minnesota, said he had a limited number of insurance choices to offer his 70 workers: "I had to buy a plan that would make sense and fit for most people. Now t...
Individual Premiums Vary Greatly Across the US 31 May 2012 | 04:52 am
Insurer filings to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) are a standardized source of information on health plan premiums and expenditures in the aggregate at the state level. The...
