Consumer Driven Health Care

Nearly 6 in 10 ACA plan enrollees consider their health insurance premiums affordable, but only 46% believe their copays, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs are affordable.

The analysis found that although higher inpatient prices may reflect marginally higher costs, they predominantly lead to substantially higher profits.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Amedisys Inc. representatives are slated to meet with top Justice Department antitrust enforcers next week in a last-ditch effort to persuade the agency not to challenge their proposed merger.

LinkedIn has been slapped with three digital privacy class actions contending that it illegally intercepted users' sensitive health care information to use in targeted advertising.

Innovation in caregiver-related benefits is being driven by individual organizations listening to their workforces and redesigning their benefits packages to suit their unique needs.

The focus for 2025 will be on continuing to comply with rules issued in prior years in which details are still being ironed out (or for which there are proposed changes).