Spectrum Benefit Services, Inc.

06/01/2022

A new survey also suggests almost half are financially unprepared to miss work for three months.

01/05/2022

Employees with the virus will lose an estimated $33.3B in wages,

04/24/2019

HHS Issues Key Rule for 2020

A new rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) addresses, among other things, the requirement under the Affordable Care Act that non-grandfathered group health plans limit annual out-of-pocket cost-sharing for coverage of essential health benefits under the plan. Under the rule, these out-of-pocket expenses may not exceed $8,150 for self-only coverage or $16,300 for family coverage in 2020.

03/21/2019

https://www.employeebenefitadviser.com/articles/new-health-plans-expose-the-insured-to-more-risk?fbclid=IwAR353PAtsPP80fc80Mstaz3QEn1KEJRtLcGQ5l8CYc-DHS-V8M_PSPRyA5g

New types of insurance plans are sprouting up as clients face rising healthcare costs.

03/12/2019

If Congress follows President Donald Trump's budget proposal, HHS would see a 12% cut in fiscal 2020.

10/10/2018

07/31/2018

New York will reject premium increases on Obamacare plans that are caused by the zeroing out of the penalty on the uninsured, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.

04/16/2018

https://www.employeebenefitadviser.com/news/as-high-deductible-plan-popularity-rise-so-do-premiums

A new report by Benefitfocus shows differences in healthcare cost across the U.S. and how HDHP participation continues to increase yet out-of-pocket cost continues to rise as well.

02/27/2018

Nice....

Pharmacy benefit managers are being targeted by a lawsuit charging that they enabled the opioid crisis and profited from the sale of the drugs that fueled it.

02/27/2018

Pharmacy benefit managers are being targeted by a lawsuit charging that they enabled the opioid crisis and profited from the sale of the drugs that fueled it.

02/23/2018

http://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/press/pr1708151.htm

Rates for Individuals More Than 55% Lower Than Before Implementation of the Affordable Care Act, After Adjusting for Inflation and Before Federal Tax Credits