Health Care

Sometime in late June, the United States Supreme Court is expected to announce a landmark decision on the constitutionality of all or part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. The ruling is likely to make the earth move in a number of realms – legal, political, and business – and could well force employers to walk back any plans made in anticipation of the law's full implementation in 2014. Full Story 

Since their introduction in the 1970s, the key promise of employee wellness programs has been that they help employers blunt the rising cost of health care, but do they really help organizations manage health expenses and provide the ROI that chief executives demand? That all depends, according to a group of health care experts contacted by IB. Full Story 

The National Federation of Independent Business and the Small Business Majority certainly agree on one thing. When it comes to their constituents’ top concern, rising health care costs are number one – without a magic bullet. How is it, then, that they have found themselves on opposite sides of the most yawning political divide in recent memory – the fight over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly (and, some would say, pejoratively) known as ObamaCare? Full Story 

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (sometimes referred to as Obamacare), which has been a highly visible political football for much of the last year, was positively punted into the faces of the American public recently after religious institutions objected to a provision requiring health insurers to provide contraceptives to covered employees. Full Story