Drug prices in the U.S. are, on average, 2.5 times higher than 32 other countries, according to a 2021 study. Most countries regulate pharmaceutical companies' drug prices; the U.S. doesn't, with a few exceptions, such as CMS. In 2024, Cigna Group's Express Scripts, one of the most prominent pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S., [...]
This record-breaking enrollment represents a 13% increase over last year, including over 3 million people new to the Marketplaces.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will seek to provide consumers more flexibility in buying prescription drugs and more information about their costs under a legislative proposal that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday January 12, 2023, he will ask lawmakers to approve. The proposal would further regulate prescription benefit managers, the go-betweens for health [...]
Federal COBRA-Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. COBRA stands for The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985. COBRA covers employees and their insured dependents of employers with at least twenty full- and part-time workers. COBRA qualifying events are: A voluntary or involuntary employment termination, except for termination for gross misconduct Reduction of covered employees' [...]
The IRS just released 2023 contribution limits for FSAs, commuter benefits, adoption assistance, QSEHRAs, and more. The new 2023 limits are:
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Morgan Pfeffer has earned The REBC Designation. Earning the Registered Employee Benefits Consultant® (REBC®) designation elevates your credibility as a professional. The field of employee benefits continues to evolve rapidly. A year does not go by without new government regulations, new or modified coverages, and new techniques for controlling benefit costs. To best serve [...]
