Employee Benefits

Small Businesses Absorb Double-Digit Health Insurance Hikes With Little Insight Into Costs

Most small and mid-sized companies got scant explanation for their latest renewal and rarely shopped it, leaving nearly half paying the first number insurers offered, according to Ignition Benefits.

Employers Tighten Benefits Cost Oversight As Medical And Pharmacy Pressures Mount

Cell and Gene Therapy Costs Remain Rare for Employers, but Utilization Shifts Are Coming

Cancer, Preterm Births, and Specialty Drugs Drive Record Severity in Self-Funded Health Plans

Affordability, AI, and PBM Reform Set to Reshape Employer Benefits

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