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As the number of immigrants in the United States rises, many are questioning the impact of immigrants on the current health care industry. People approach the issues from all sides, such as worrying that illegal immigrants will bring foreign diseases or fearing that legal immigrants will burden an already burdened health care system. The way in which immigrants impact the health care industry is very widespread and complicated.
Many employers in the United States got rid of wellness programs in favor of managed care insurance. Yet wellness programs help to create a healthy work environment. According to St. Louis Business Journal, wellness programs "provide economic benefits by reducing absenteeism, reducing on the job injuries and worker's compensation cost and reducing disability and management costs." It is for that reason that the reformed health care law provides incentives for wellness programs at work sites.
The AIS Report on Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans is an independent report published by Atlantic Information Services on the various plans of the two health insurance providers.
The Alliance for Employee Benefit Cooperatives (AEBC) is an organization dedicated to complementing health care reforms by creating employee benefit cooperatives. The cooperatives, made up of small business members, allow small business the economies of scale of larger businesses
In March 2010, the 111th Congress passed, and President Barack Obama signed into law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, later amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which together form the nexus of what is commonly referred to as national health care reform. The scope of this legislation is an ambitious effort to address perceived issues within the current health care system, with particular emphasis on increasing accessibility and affordability. National health care reform will impact employers in certain scheduled, deliberate ways, and employers must prepare to meet the challenges associated with this new…
The Health Care Reform Bill, later split into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 21, 2010. Signed into law by President Barack Obama two days later, the healthcare reform bill affects individuals who do not currently have healthcare as well as seniors who fall into the "doughnut hole" coverage gap in the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan, plus many other Americans. Calculate -- or at least estimate -- how this will affect you.
