By Josie Martinez, Senior Partner and Legal Counsel EBS Capstone, A UBA Partner Firm
As the implications of health care reform become more and more apparent, large employers are increasingly grappling with coverage options in order to avoid the …
UBA has created an overview of the employee’s responsibility to purchase coverage under PPACA (the individual mandate) and on the basics of the exchanges. The information in this piece is basic, but should provide a starting place for employers who wa…
By Holly ParsonsThe Wilson Agency, A UBA Partner Firm
My all-time favorite movie is Pay It Forward. It has a stellar cast that delivers a story about a young boy who is given the opportunity to make the world a better place and far exceeds anyone’s e…
Tuesday, June 11 will mark the next installment of UBA’s Employer Webinar Series. Covering Department of Labor audits of health plans, the session will begin at 2 p.m. EST and will be conducted by Linda Rowings, UBA’s Chief Compliance Officer.
The tragic tornadoes that struck Oklahoma earlier this week remind us all again how important Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) are for the workplace. Yet, according to the preliminary UBA Ancillary Benefits Survey, of the 8,557 employers answering q…
By Mick Constantinou, Advisor, Employee BenefitsConnelly, Carlisle, Fields, & Nichols, A UBA Partner Firm
The majority of recent conversation related to the legislation (i.e. PPACA, aka health care reform) that was confirmed as law last summer has …
Peter Freska, CEBSBenefits AdvisorThe LBL Group, A UBA Partner Firm
For the last couple of years we have been talking about Health Care Reform, but has anyone been listening?
First there was the debate of the legislation, then the “fix” legis…
From United Benefit Advisors Insight and Analysis Blog – by Bill Olson The new health care law is confusing, in part because the language is confusing. Just take the terms “essential health benefits,” “minimum essential coverage” and “minimum value coverage” as an example – it’s not hard to see why employers’ heads are spinning. While … Continued
Holly ParsonsThe Wilson Agency, A UBA Partner Firm
Media outlets around the country were in a frenzy this week as the news broke about the “secret” lap band surgery of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. While the Governor dismisses the attention a…
The new health care law is confusing, in part because the language is confusing. Just take the terms “essential health benefits,” “minimum essential coverage” and “minimum value coverage” as an example – it’s not hard to see why employe…