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Small Business HRA provision signed into law ISSUE IRS Notice 2013-54 issued in September 2013 limited the ability of small business owners to utilize standalone HRAs. Prior to this guidance, [...]

Balances in health savings accounts grew by more than a third in 2015, the most recent data available, according to statistics from EBRI.

The best approach to Republicans’ Obamacare reform proposals is state-based competition, providing a solution with a surprise “Super Bonus.”

The U.S. Senate allowed bills extending the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act and NARAB II legislation to die by not acting on them before its members left for Christmas break.

Leading Republicans have vowed that even if they repeal most of the Affordable Care Act early in 2017, a replacement will not hurt those currently receiving benefits.

The high prices Americans pay for generic drugs may have been cooked up by pharmaceutical salespeople on golf courses, at a New Jersey steakhouse or over martinis at a “Girls Nights [...]

A New York regulation now makes it easier for businesses to hire former convicts by prohibiting insurers from refusing coverage for crime-related losses caused by employees.

Vermont has the top graded insurance regulatory system, while North Carolina has been graded as the worst, according to an R Street "report card."

USI Insurance Services, based in Valhalla, N.Y., has acquired Ball Peoples, an employee benefits advisory firm in Austin.

The Obama administration claims that more people have enrolled for subsidized private coverage for 2017 through HealthCare.gov than last year, although it's unclear how many are new policyholders [...]