Health Affairs

Editor’s note: See another Health Affairs post on this topic by Tim Jost. How do you shop for health insurance today? For many of us, our employer makes the decision for us. And if there is a choice of health plans, the employer also provides helpful summaries of the benefits, premium differences, and cost-sharing so... Read the rest of this entry »

With little fanfare and little attention from the media, the Obama Administration recently issued proposed rules to crackdown on health insurance scams that use ERISA to avoid state law enforcement and regulatory actions. Since the 1974 enactment of ERISA — the federal law governing employee pension and health benefit plans — crooks have used it... Read the rest of this entry »