Cost-Containment

The exact scope and duration is clear, and one question is what will happen to release of CDC data that employers and insurers use in pricing.

A think tank analyst who may have Trump's ear says that's an important reason to return to the old, narrower eligibility rules.

As we enter 2025, HR leaders should focus on evolving their benefits strategies to address rising health care costs and adding acquisition programs while building inclusive talent practices that strengthen recruitment and development at every level.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee should also increase gig worker access to portable benefits.

The first keynote session for the 2025 BenefitsPRO Broker Expo is: "It's Not Personal, It's Just Healthcare,"a fireside chat about a documentary that aims to dispel commonly held health care myths and to expose the problems, flaws, and fallacies that exist within the current health care and health insurance systems.

First-day administration moves also helped short-term health insurance and ended several Medicare efforts to change the way the drug market works.

Labor's temporary chief is Vince Micone, an official with extensive HR experience, and the temporary HHS chief is Dr. Dorothy Fink, a women's health specialist.

Many employers still want to keep the employees they have, but cash is tight.