health care

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  Careful Language Wins Clients; Wall Street Feels Political Heat: January Research—Slideshow

  By Editorial Staff  |  December 26, 2011

  The January issue of Research magazine offers cutting-edge advice on communicating with clients and prospects, and assesses the election-year political climate facing the financial services industry. Topics covered in the issue range from helping clients deal with health care costs to how a medieval mathematician helped shape modern retirement planning....

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  Health Care Costs to Top $10,000 Per Worker for First Time in 2012

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 3, 2011

  Despite the fact that health care costs are projected to rise at a slower rate in 2012 than they did in 2011, according to Aon Hewitt, the per-employee expense to companies will pass $10,000 for the first time in 2012. Employee expenses are on the rise as well.

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  Health Care Law’s LTC Plan Appears Endangered by CLASS Act’s Potential Demise

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 22, 2011

  The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday denied a rumor that the office administering the LTC portion of the health reform law was being shut for good.

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  Health-Care Law’s LTC Program Unsustainable, Republicans Say

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 15, 2011

  A group of congressional Republicans issued a report on Thursday claiming that a piece of President Barack Obama’s health-care law calling for long-term care insurance, also known as the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, is financially insolvent.

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  States Get $185 Million to Build Insurance Exchanges

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 16, 2011

  HHS awarded $185 million to 13 states and the District of Columbia to help them build Affordable Insurance Exchanges—one stop marketplaces that let consumers pick a private health plan that mirrors choices offered to Congress.