A recent International Data Corporation (IDC) report stated consumers, along with businesses, will purchase approximately 112 million wearable computer devices within the next four years. The data...
Valerie Ortiz
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Navigators help enrollees through their insurance benefits application processes during the open enrollment period, and lawmakers in Missouri recently tried to pass legislation requiring all...
More insurers want to sell health insurance benefits on Kentucky's state exchange during the next open enrollment period, and Gov. Steve Beshear has filed an executive order ensuring the Affordable...
The urgency of reducing employee benefit costs is growing among U.S. companies, focusing attention on improving health care benefits. According to the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM),...
Minnesota's health insurance benefits exchange was able to sign up thousands of residents during the last open enrollment period. But a recently found mistake in the enrollment process, coupled with...
The Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) yearly Employee Benefits Survey recently found that more businesses are investing in worker wellness programs, which includes health coaches,...
Affordability is one of the main goals of the federal and state insurance benefits marketplaces, but some lawmakers and insurance industry experts are concerned that offering even cheaper health...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that for-profit family-owned businesses can opt out of the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate as part of their health insurance benefits if it goes...
An analysis of next year's premium rates for exchange-offered insurance benefits found those with subsidies could be paying more for healthcare coverage in 2015 if they don't switch to new plans.
The...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that Americans who bought health plans on the exchanges during the last open enrollment period will be able to auto-enroll next...