“Brokers are also seeing high demand for benefits communication, employee engagement and transparency as a way to address the rising cost of healthcare…..” REALLY? How in the world will this reduce health care costs?
Continue reading Health Insurance Brokers Identify Key Cost Drivers?
“The primary villain in the multi-year erosion of the value of the employer-provided health benefit, and private insurance generally, has been drug costs.”
Continue reading Are Rising Drug Cost Destroying Group Health Plans?
“The court strongly hinted that the practice violated ERISA’s fiduciary duty rules, including the requirement that plan assets of one plan be used for the ‘exclusive purpose’ of benefiting individuals covered by that plan.”
A RETIRED TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT ON WHY TEACHERS ARE QUITTING IN DROVES: “UPS starts people with no experience (HS diploma or GED) at $13 per hour plus full benefits. Within a couple of years you can graduate to a route where drivers make six figures after five years. In 7 years you can make over $100k delivering packages. In contrast, my wife is in her 25th year as a teacher with a Masters degree. She makes $57k and has some of the worst insurance in the country”
Continue reading Texas Teachers Giveth Raises – Health Insurance Taketh Away…………
