Health Care Reform

The bill would extend the extra individual health insurance premium subsidies that Congress provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic until the end of 2026.

Aetna and Optum have finalized a nearly $8.4 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that has been litigated for almost a decade.

The dental plan renewal market is probably "about six to 12 months away from seeing some increases that drive brokers and advisors to look for other partners to do business with," Amy Friedrich, president of Principal Financial's benefits business, predicted.

A class-action lawsuit was filed last week against CVS Caremark in the Southern District of New York over its decision to replace Eli Lilly’s popular GLP-1 weight-loss drug Zepbound with Wegovy from Novo Nordisk.

The project also includes regulations for an air ambulance services provision in the act, which is supposed to protect patients with health coverage from huge bills when they use an out-of-network service to cope with a medical emergency.

Policy shifts are driving complex questions, unplanned enrollments, and new demands for support. Here’s how benefits advisors can turn disruption into value.