employer health

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  Brokers work hard for what money?

  By Dan Cole  |  June 27, 2011

  The numbers in the 5500 don’t tell me how hard you’re working: they don’t paint a picture of missed piano recitals and cold dinners, or of late nights and cans of Red Bull.

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  What happens at SHRM...

  By Denis Storey  |  June 27, 2011

  I know this might come across as a little Smallville, but I'd be lying if I didn't confess my quiet awe when strolling into the buzz saw of HR personnel swarming over the Las Vegas Convention Center this week. I had a flashback to that first traumatic day of grade...

• Democrats keep complaints coming over McKinsey

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  June 25, 2011

  Although McKinsey released the methodology of its ESI study early this week after heavy pressure from Democrats, those same Dems aren’t getting any quieter.

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  Benefits dropping like flies

  By Mark Roberts  |  June 20, 2011

  A year later, it appears that Chicken Little wasn’t far off the dime when it comes to the pending loss of benefits for the American worker come 2014.

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  McKinsey who?

  By Denis Storey  |  June 20, 2011

  Always consider the source. It’s one of the first rules you learn in journalism school.

• McKinsey drops survey details

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  June 20, 2011

  After pressure from Democrats, consulting firm McKinsey released a statement Monday, along with the full questionnaire about its now-controversial survey predicting a significant drop of ESI coverage due to health reform.

• Avalere: ESI rates will remain stable for now, but future uncertain

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  June 20, 2011

  A new Avalere study gives Democrats more ammunition in their claims the McKinsey survey, which reported a third of employers will be dropping health coverage soon because of Obamacare, is an “outlier.”

• House Dems press McKinsey to cough up methodology

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  June 17, 2011

  Baucus isn’t the only one. Now, key House Democrats also are pushing McKinsey & Company to release the methodology behind their now-controversial survey regarding employers’ plans to drop health care due to Obamacare.

• McKinsey’s story starts to crumble

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  June 16, 2011

  Another day, another wave of controversy over the McKinsey report.

• Report: Jumbo employers defy McKinsey study

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  June 15, 2011

  While the recent McKinsey survey has received attention for stating one third of employers will drop health coverage after 2014, research from the Benfield Group offers a different perspective—that most employers will continue to offer comprehensive health insurance benefits to their employers.