More Employers Using Employee Wellness Incentives

Employers remain strongly committed to improving the health of their workforce.

Putting health coverage within reach

The Basic Health Program being considered by California lawmakers would put insurance within reach of more of the working poor.

News Briefs: Reform Costs

News Briefs: Reform Costs

Make Employers’ Provision of Group Health Insurance Easier, Less Costly

Employer-based coverage has some real virtues, and if Washington is going to be involved in that effort it should facilitate the employers’ undertaking, not make it unduly costly and burdensome.

News Briefs: Fee Disclosures

News Briefs: Fee Disclosures

Tweaking Health Reform

“The way the law has been implemented has been a mixed picture,” says Paul Dennett, senior vice president of health care reform at the American Benefits Council.

Employers continue to worry about health costs in 2011, and expect to expand defined benefit plans

For active employees, though, the “new health care world” that Mercer sees will feature greater focus on defined contribution plans that limit employers’ liability.