Alan Goforth is a freelance writer in suburban Kansas City. In addition to freelancing for several publications, he has written a dozen books about sports and other topics.
The U.S. health care system spent $60 billion conducting nine common administrative transactions -- an increase of roughly $18 billion over the previous year.
The Justice Department intervened in a case against Cigna and plans to continue to litigate other cases against Elevance Health, UnitedHealth Group and Kaiser Permanente.
"This report makes it clearer than ever that bereavement leave and additional bereavement support policies are as important as any other HR benefit," Gura says.
A new report from LinkedIn reveals the hiring of certain C-suite positions has skyrocketed, with chief diversity and inclusion officer topping the list.
"Blindly agreeing to the status quo -- substandard benefits and increasing costs -- is handcuffing you from doing what's right by your employees and your bottom line," writes EmpiRx CEO Karthik Ganesh.
The ERISA Industry Committee sent a letter to legislators, outlining their objectives to improve health care, retirement and paid leave benefits that their members provide to millions of American workers.
Called the Protect Reproductive Actions (PRO) Act, the bill states that local government cannot restrict a person's ability to exercise the "fundamental right" to reproductive freedom. However, it will have little immediate impact on access to abortion.
The new rule would create an "independent pathway" for women to get access to birth control at no cost, even if their employer objects on moral or religious grounds.