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News, insight, and analysis from industry experts to help benefits brokers, consultants and advisors make their way through the tumultuous reformed health care marketplace. The lastest on health insurance carriers, product trends, plan design and other content that will help consultants grow their practices and keep up to date on the latest trends in the employee benefits and health care space.

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Benefits Broker Stories

News

Aetna persuades full 5th Circuit appeals court to review an ERISA ruling

By Allison Bell

News

Bipartisan House bill could help employer health plans fight facility fees

News

Rising costs, distrust drive growing patient noncompliance across the US

Trending Stories

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News

Aetna persuades full 5th Circuit appeals court to review an ERISA ruling

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Health Care Reform

Bipartisan House bill could help employer health plans fight facility fees

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Cost-Containment

Rising costs, distrust drive growing patient noncompliance across the US

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Cost-Containment

Insured Americans are rationing care due to hidden financial struggles

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Retirement Regulation

Asset manager to pay $6.5M to resolve ERISA lawsuit

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Consumer Driven Health Care

Oscar Health is lobbying for state ICHRA tax credits

Webcasts

Demystifying Reference-Based Pricing: Myths, Realities and Strategic Insights

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What's Shaping the Retirement Industry in 2026

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Advisors: How HSA Investing Benefits Employers and Employees

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Podcasts

Everything is voluntary (even health insurance) — with Eric Silverman

Lily Peterson and Paul Wilson Listen Now

Fed up with health care — with Josh Butler

Paul Wilson and Lily Peterson Listen Now

Supplemental Benefits: Key to Controlling Health Care Costs

Renaissance Benefits Listen Now

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Profiles

Matters of perspective: Generational viewpoints

Matters of perspective: Generational viewpoints

2024 BEN Talks: Leading by Example

2024 BEN Talks: Leading by Example

There's no one sure answer to reforming the American health care system

There's no one sure answer to reforming the American health care system

2024 Advisor of the Year: Chelsea Ryckis

2024 Advisor of the Year: Chelsea Ryckis

Voluntary Benefits

Oscar Health is lobbying for state ICHRA tax credits

Oscar Health is lobbying for state ICHRA tax credits

Employers urged to move past one-size-fits-all benefits to combat mental health stigma

Employers urged to move past one-size-fits-all benefits to combat mental health stigma

UnitedHealthcare tells doctors it will pay some claims in real time

UnitedHealthcare tells doctors it will pay some claims in real time

Insurance companies' own employees struggle with out-of-pocket costs

Insurance companies' own employees struggle with out-of-pocket costs

Voices

Open enrollment 101, Pt 1: Industry experts' best tips

Open enrollment 101, Pt 1: Industry experts' best tips

David Contorno: "I have been fighting for my life"

David Contorno: "I have been fighting for my life"

Matters of perspective: Generational viewpoints

Matters of perspective: Generational viewpoints

2024 BEN Talks: Leading by Example

2024 BEN Talks: Leading by Example

Consumer Driven Health Care

Oscar Health is lobbying for state ICHRA tax credits

Oscar Health is lobbying for state ICHRA tax credits

Targeted financial education is the ultimate 2026 workplace benefit

Targeted financial education is the ultimate 2026 workplace benefit

Health care costs and gas prices top consumer concerns

Health care costs and gas prices top consumer concerns

Humana, Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs plan to offer new employer prescription solutions

Humana, Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs plan to offer new employer prescription solutions

Enrollment

AI-driven recommendations are modernizing open enrollment

AI-driven recommendations are modernizing open enrollment

Let's make open enrollment more parent-friendly

Let's make open enrollment more parent-friendly

Even engaged employees struggle with today's benefits structure

Even engaged employees struggle with today's benefits structure

Why COBRA and enrollment should live under one roof

Why COBRA and enrollment should live under one roof

Benefits Sales Strategies

Employers urged to move past one-size-fits-all benefits to combat mental health stigma

Employers urged to move past one-size-fits-all benefits to combat mental health stigma

Skyrocketing GLP-1 demand creates major financial strain for employers

Skyrocketing GLP-1 demand creates major financial strain for employers

CVS Caremark expands biosimilar adoption through formulary updates

CVS Caremark expands biosimilar adoption through formulary updates

Targeted financial education is the ultimate 2026 workplace benefit

Targeted financial education is the ultimate 2026 workplace benefit

Practice Management

CEOs need to lead with AI-first mentality, survey suggests

CEOs need to lead with AI-first mentality, survey suggests

Stifel Financial sued for ERISA violations over underperforming retirement funds

Stifel Financial sued for ERISA violations over underperforming retirement funds

80% of health leaders lack real-time visibility into pharmacy chains

80% of health leaders lack real-time visibility into pharmacy chains

10% happier at work: 8 key takeaways from Dan Harris's keynote

10% happier at work: 8 key takeaways from Dan Harris's keynote

Core and Group Health

Insured Americans are rationing care due to hidden financial struggles

Insured Americans are rationing care due to hidden financial struggles

Oscar Health is lobbying for state ICHRA tax credits

Oscar Health is lobbying for state ICHRA tax credits

Voya gets analysts thinking about a potential stop-loss unit sale

Voya gets analysts thinking about a potential stop-loss unit sale

Anthem Blue Cross sued over out-of-network care policy

Anthem Blue Cross sued over out-of-network care policy

Broker Regulation

Anthem Blue Cross sued over out-of-network care policy

Anthem Blue Cross sued over out-of-network care policy

Hospitals, Eli Lilly clash Over 340B data demands

Hospitals, Eli Lilly clash Over 340B data demands

Building the compliance trust loop

Building the compliance trust loop

AMA presses Congress for guardrails on AI mental health chatbots

AMA presses Congress for guardrails on AI mental health chatbots

Health Care Reform

Insured Americans are rationing care due to hidden financial struggles

Insured Americans are rationing care due to hidden financial struggles

Oscar Health is lobbying for state ICHRA tax credits

Oscar Health is lobbying for state ICHRA tax credits

Voya gets analysts thinking about a potential stop-loss unit sale

Voya gets analysts thinking about a potential stop-loss unit sale

Anthem Blue Cross sued over out-of-network care policy

Anthem Blue Cross sued over out-of-network care policy

Broker Innovation Lab

Brokers must audit network reliability in a digital-first era

Brokers must audit network reliability in a digital-first era

Your client just added DPC. Did anyone ask about the workers who can't use it?

Your client just added DPC. Did anyone ask about the workers who can't use it?

Bringing clarity, creativity and heart to the benefits space

Bringing clarity, creativity and heart to the benefits space

The strategic reframing of women's benefits

The strategic reframing of women's benefits