The Pennsylvania Association of Health Underwriters (PAHU), the state chapter of the National Assocaition of Health Underwriters (NAHU) recently sent an email to members outlining the organization’s stance on a …  Read →

The recession is bolstering interest in employer-based and individual consumer-directed health plans, according to new research.

Employers have been increasingly attracted to the CDHP option as a means of cutting costs, …  Read →

More than half of employers are expecting to take a financial hit with the implementation of a new federal COBRA subsidy.

Almost 60% of more than 300 employers surveyed during Aon …  Read →

Maryland legislators have passed emergency legislation, enabling employees of small businesses to reap the same COBRA benefits given larger companies through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The act, signed …  Read →

Changes in the economy and federal employee benefit rules could put increased pressure on self-insured plans’ reserves, according to an independent provider of plan analytics.

“If CFOs are not taking today’s …  Read →

The Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a series of bills to expand access and health insurance coverage, part of the 15-bill HealthNET PA legislative package.

The bills now go to …  Read →

New York Gov. David A. Paterson is proposing legislation to ensure that eligible workers laid off by small businesses can access subsidized health coverage.

David Paterson

Paterson’s bill will ensure that …  Read →

In his first remarks to a joint session of Congress in a pseudo-State of the Union address, President Obama vowed that health care reform would come within a year, but …  Read →

Employers with 20 or more full-time (or full-time equivalent) employees face a slew of new regulations regarding COBRA, thanks to new provisions in the economic stimulus legislation signed by President …  Read →