Surveys: Health Costs to Rise more than 8%

by | Sep 29, 2010 | Insurance News , Surveys

Hewitt Associates Inc. Survey Large U.S. employers are expecting to pay an average of $9,821 in health insurance premiums per employee in 2011, up from an average of $9,028 this year. Hewitt Associates Inc., Lincolnshire, Ill. (NYSE:HEW), has published those figures...

Expired COBRA Subsidy Gets Mixed Reviews

by | Aug 12, 2010 | COBRA , Insurance News

The temporary health benefits continuation subsidy helped some involuntarily terminated workers but came nowhere close to providing “universal coverage.” Researchers at the Urban Institute, Washington, give that assessment in a review of the 65% federal COBRA group...