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 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...
by Mike Barrett | Mar 6, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
In the coming days, HHS will announce another change in the health care roll out. This time, they are going to allow carriers to keep and issue policies that do not meet ACA guidelines. This adds to the recent pushback on the employer mandate to 50-100 employee...
by BBGAdmin | Jan 29, 2014 | Employer Issues, General Health, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform
PwC announced during a webinar earlier this month what they believe to be the top 10 healthcare issues of 2014: 1. Companies rethink their roles in the new health economy 2. Corporate funds invade healthcare venture capital space 3. Employers explore private exchanges...
