Tackling the health care 'tapeworm'

Prices keep rising, but value in the traditional fully-funded health plan seems to be shrinking, and the Affordable Care Act is one reason why.

By Alex Tolbert | March 26, 2018 at 02:48 PM

Buffett leading the charge Amazon, JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway Why the medical loss ratio is driving employer costs reference based pricing models Alex Tolbert is the author of “Online Benefits Technology: The Strategic Broker's Guide” and leads BerniePortal, an all-in-one HR platform built for brokers by brokers. Before he started the BerniePortal, he worked primarily as a group health insurance broker.

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