BenefitsPRO Magazine August 2015

Ex-Medicare chief to lead AHIP

Kathryn Mayer

Former CMS chief Marilyn Tavenner, who helped oversee the difficult implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will now lead the nation's most prevalent health insurance lobbying group

Embrace the Change

Nathan Solheim

Ron Goldstein has a distinct perspective on American health care and health insurance
Opportunities ahead

Alan Goforth

The ubiquitous one-size-fits-all tag in clothing is starting to give way to the more realistic one-size-fits-most.

Slow but Steady

Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Private exchanges for health care coverage and voluntary benefits are off to a strong start, but it's still too early to gauge which model will become the most popularsingle carrier or multiple carrier exchangesor which type of sponsors, if any, will dominate
Supreme Court upholds subsidies

Kathryn Mayer

Obamacare has been saved yet again by the Supreme Court
A two-way street

Paul Wilson

Ive spent the better part of the last decade covering the insurance industry, and in that time, Ive seen a lot of change.
What the industry says about Aetna-Humana

Kathryn Mayer

The Aetna-Humana merger has big ramifications for the health care industry
Who's fueling voluntary sales?

Bonnie Brazzell and Gil Lowerre

This is the last in our series of columns on the voluntary industry sales results for 2014
What's the penalty for bad 401(k) savings behavior?

Christopher Carosa

We punish children for bad behavior, but who punishes adults?
5 sales mistakes you’re probably making

Brian Hicks

As we catch our breath this month before open enrollment season starts to ramp up, see if youre making any of these selling mistakes and take some time to work on them.
Information builds innovation

Marty Traynor

Our business today is faced with dozens of drivers of changepotential drivers of innovation
Merger Madness

Amber Taufen

What Aetna-Humana and Centene-Health Net could mean for the benefits world

BenefitsPRO Magazine-August 2015