US Health reform: Stay informed ... take action

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A year after PPACA, most employers remain committed to offering health coverage

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Mercer's Tracy Watts discusses health care benefits, strategy, reform and communications in this WorldatWork podcast.

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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Last week saw the Obama Administration release a report on what the states are doing to implement health insurance exchanges.

OLIVER WYMAN NEW SURVEY

Inside the uninsured

Oliver Wyman’s new survey of Americans without health insurance finds them ready to participate in healthcare reform, open to innovation, but extremely sensitive to price.

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Emerging challenges ... and opportunities ... in the new health care world - May 2011, PDF, 5 pages

Managing disability absence in the era of health care reform - Mar 2011, PDF, 6 pages
Can consumer-driven health plans reduce costs and help with health reform compliance: a case study - Oct 2010, PDF, 5 pages

Impact on employer-sponsored plan begin to emerge - Jun 2010, PDF, 5 pages

Health care reform and total health management - Jun 2010, PDF, 6 pages

Countdown to 2014--Benefits Planning for Health Care Reform - 11 Apr 2011, Workspan

Sudden Impact - Health reform legislation challenges HR providers to manage change and cost - June 2010, HRO Today (PDF)

Human Resource Executive: A Healthcare Communications Game Plan - 10 May 2010, Human Resource Executive Online

Plan for health care reform's shared responsibility in 2014 - Update 9 Mar 2011, PDF, 5 pages

Which family members can have tax free health coverage - Update 26 Jan 2011, PDF, 5 pages

2010 year-end reminders for health and welfare plans - 26 Update Jan 2011, PDF, 5 pages

What health care reforms apply to essential health benefits - Update 8 Dec 2010, PDF, 4 pages

New notices and disclosures due to under health care reform - Update 8 Sept 2010, PDF, 4 pages

Health and benefits recap covers proposed rules, regulatory guidance issued in August - Recorded 13 Sept 2011

Nongrandfathered plans to cover more women’s preventive services - Recorded 19 Aug 2011

Health and benefits update for August 2011 covers debt deal, regulatory and court developments - Recorded 4 Aug 2011

Health care reform's one year anniversary - Recorded 23 Mar 2011

George Lane offers thoughts on benchmarking in light of PPAC - Recorded 7 Mar 2011
Prepare for health reform, despite legal wrangling - Recorded 14 Feb 2011

Addressing Health Care Reform in M&A Transactions - Recorded 8 Sept 2010

Health care reform: Guiding you through health care reform compliance - Recorded 22 July 2010

Managing the cost and complexity of US health reform - Recorded 25 Mar 2010

Mercer's recent Innovation Conversation - True Health Reform through Innovation - covered consumerism, employee engagement, total health management, and medical tourism. You can now watch the full two-hour videocast or select the video clips that interest you.

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Recorded 9 Nov 2010

LATEST HEALTH CARE COST DATA - 17 November 2010

US health benefit cost growth accelerates to 6.9%

Growth in the average total US health benefit cost per employee, which had slowed last year to 5.5%, picked up steam, rising 6.9% to $9,562, the biggest increase since 2004, according to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, conducted annually by Mercer.

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