Consumer Driven Health Care

With the unprecedented pace of change occurring in the industry and with so many workers relying on their insurance and retirement benefits for financial security, it seems an important and appropriate time for all stakeholders to re-assess their roles in helping Americans protect their financial futures.

Insurers and insurance brokers could face fines over what seem to be strange, or even unfair, health privacy and data security cases.

Insurers must do some innovating of their own, said Glenn Wintrich at the 2016 BenefitsPRO Broker Expo held in Fort Lauderdale, That means getting a handle on the growing mountain of data about customers and prospects that's ready to be tapped.

A new study highlights the effect of PPACA on the pocketbooks of Americas poor.

Most people don't realize that long-term care is expensive, that it's not covered by Medicare, and that the cost varies by state.

Employers generally opt for simplicity of complexity in the design of employee benefit. That preference is often reversed, however, when the complex yields tax advantages. And there are tax advantages aplenty to be had when stacking different types of accounts used to help employees cover healthcare expenses, said Sue Sieger...