HEALTH INSURANCE BLOG
Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire can succeed in health care where insurers and government have failed
This could be the true price-reducing disruption to the health care sector the U.S. economy and its citizens have wanted for decades.
But there are some important questions that need to be answered.
The biggest question is what this new team of tech, investment and financial titans is going to do with this entity? Will it actually provide care and not just “access to care?” Will it negotiate better prices for their employees? Will it just make investments in the sector overall?
Should You Still Offer Health Insurance as a Benefit?
Many questions surround the future of former President Barack Obama’s health care law, the Affordable Care Act. The most immediate is, “Will the insurance I bought during Open Enrollment work in 2017?” (Yes.) Others are more far-reaching, such as, “What happened to the health-insurance shopping utopia we were promised?” (Well, about that …)
5 Ways to Improve Employee Care During an Uncertain Time
Many large enterprises — with well-staffed HR and benefits organizations — are controlling what’s in their control: managing costs with best practices in employee engagement and education, practices that have an impact both on the brand and the bottom line. But you don’t have to be a member of the Fortune 500 to adopt these practices. Smaller businesses too can benefit by learning the five habits of well-managed benefit programs.