Insurance plans are not covering the necessary addiction services, according to a report by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. None of the 2017 Essential Health Benefit benchmark plans have adequate addiction coverage; […]
SENIOR MARKET UPDATE Facts About Senior Americans In honor of Older Americans Month, the U.S. Census Bureau released the following statistics about people who are 65 and older: Percentage of the Population In 2014, 46.2 […]
HEALTHCARE Medicare Advantage 2016 Spotlight The number of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage has climbed steadily over the past decade; this trend in enrollment growth continues in 2016. The enrollment growth has occurred despite […]
HEALTHCARE Data Insights from the 2016 ACA Marketplace Robert Wood Johnson offers the following observations about the Affordable Care Act Marketplace: Carriers made adjustments in 2016 to reduce their exposure to high costs: In 2016, […]
HEALTHCARE The Drivers of Health Insurance Premium Changes for 2017 The American Academy of Actuaries offers an early look at what’s driving changes in premium in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual and small group […]
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Critical Illness and Accident Coverage Are Top Growth Products Over the next two to three years, voluntary critical illness insurance and accident/personal injury insurance are tied for first place as expected growth products […]
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