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),...
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Valerie Ortiz
Recent Articles by Valerie Ortiz
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.
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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...
With the changes in health care reform, many Americans are simply choosing their doctor based on their insurance. According to a new report from Vitals Index, an online company that helps people...
New research from Vitals Index, a medical and healthcare company, discovered that even though two-thirds of Americans think they are savvy when it comes to being a health care consumer, many can't...
Data on those Americans who enrolled in insurance benefits through the federal and state marketplaces recently showed these enrollees have a higher rate of serious illness than those who receive...