by Tom Barrett | Apr 24, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Reform
National healthcare consultant and columnist Bob Laszewski makes some interesting observations in his most recent column at Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review. After making the rounds with insurance carrier executives, actuaries and others involved with the...
by BBGAdmin | Apr 21, 2014 | Employer Issues, Health Policy, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
Have you been keeping up with the controversial Hobby Lobby case in the Supreme Court of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby? The company has taken a very public position against certain provisions of The Affordable Care Act, specifically as it relates to covering contraception...
by BBGAdmin | Apr 3, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
Media outlets have been buzzing since Tuesday about the passing deadline of open enrollment and what the next phase of implementing the new health care system will bring. There is a lot of “noise” about whether the 7.1 million number of new enrollees...
by Tom Barrett | Mar 27, 2014 | Employer Issues, General Health, Healthcare Reform
Info for Part-time or Other Employees Currently Without Health Insurance There’s lots of noise out there related to Obamacare’s individual mandate and the rapidly approaching March 31 open enrollment deadline. Here’s summary information for those part-time or other...
by Mike Barrett | Mar 26, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Issues, Medicare Medicaid
There are many opinions about Medicaid expansion and my post is opinion free. Employers across all sectors of the economy are likely to have Medicaid eligible employees/dependents in their population. Many do not know they are Medicaid eligible and some may be on the...
by Mike Barrett | Mar 20, 2014 | Employer Issues, General Insurance Issues, Healthcare Issues, Pharmacy Costs, Pharmacy, PBMs and Pharma Costs
Some insurance policies remind me of pay-day lending. People are strapped for cash and prescriptions are expensive. So, we buy insurance policies with “baked-in” prescription co-pay plans. Is it efficient? NO. Is it expensive? YES! It is like pay day lending. You...
