BenefitsPRO Magazine-Jan/Feb 2019

Features

What do consumers want from a health plan?

Rob Carnaroli | December 07, 2018

For brokers, recognizing market demands can go a long way in pairing a client and their employees with the best health plan options available.

5 trends to expect in voluntary benefits in 2019

Elizabeth Halkos | November 14, 2018

Here are five predictions on what we’ll see the voluntary benefits industry focusing on next year.

Reference-based pricing: a panacea for high drug prices?

Dan Cook | October 03, 2018

RBP will be “the disruptive force” in the employer plan pharmaceutical cost model, says one expert.

14 strategies employers can use to lower health care costs

Rick Ramos | November 19, 2018

Companies actually have a lot of control in managing costs; it isn’t easy, but it can be done.

Letter from the Editor

Money talks. Will the health care industry listen?

Paul Wilson | January 28, 2019

While there’s still plenty to like about U.S. care, it’s getting harder and harder to ignore the facts.

Face of Change

Bravery and trust: A Q&A with Emma Passe

Paul Wilson | February 13, 2019

Emma Passe's data-backed approach is helping employers embrace new health care delivery models.

Columnists

Let's stop taking life for granted

Marty Traynor | February 14, 2019

We tend to treat group term life insurance as a commodity, focusing on price instead of employee needs.

How do you pick a voluntary carrier?

Bonnie Brazzell and Nick Rockwell | February 07, 2019

As brokers get more experience with the realities of voluntary, they're realizing that their criteria for carrier selection needs to expand.

3 sales tools you're not using

Kevin Trokey | February 05, 2019

Here are three simple actions you can take that put a bit of burden on the buyer without pushing them away.

Has financial wellness jumped the shark?

Christopher Carosa | February 12, 2019

For all the love financial wellness receives, there remains no clear consensus on how to measure the success of such programs.

Action/Reaction

Cost-cutting strategies for the new year

BenefitsPRO Editors | January 30, 2019

A new year brings with it new ideas and new chances for success. Here are a few cost-cutting strategies brokers are excited about.

January, 29, 2019

Digital Edition| Issue Gallery

Cover Story

Why brokers and their clients are keen on medical tourism

Dan Cook

Medical travel, whether domestic, foreign or pharmaceutical, represents opportunities for substantial health care cost savings.