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Tune in for thought-provoking conversations with smart, creative thinkers in the fields of benefits, economics, government, demography and more. This show is brought to you by the American B...
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and the high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) associated with them, still constitute a minority share of all...
In the latest edition of the American Benefits Podcast, we meet the latest addition to the American Benefits Council's staff. Kerri Willis j...
On Wednesday, February 12, the American Benefits Council released its long-term public policy strategic plan, DESTI NATION 2030: A Roadmap f...
Shawn Gremminger recently assumed the role of president and CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Associations -- a Council m...
Fred Thiele, vice president, global benefits and mobility for Microsoft, will serve as chair of the American Benefits Council's Board of Dir...
Diversity, equity and inclusion is a priority for many of the American Benefits Council's member companies, who have in turn directed us to...
If the American Benefits Council is to be a leader in the employee benefits world, we must have strong internal leadership. The Council's po...
For many multinational companies, figuring out how to scale employee benefits for a global population is a critical element of their economi...
Even as policymakers discuss and debate the so-called "retirement savings gap," employers and others are starting to take part in a newly-mi...
Paid leave may not be an "employee benefit," strictly speaking, in the same way that health coverage and retirement coverage are. But provid...
The 2020 enactment of legislation to eliminate "surprise" medical billing was not just the most significant health care coverage legislation...
Even casual observers know that, over the past several decades, the nation's retirement system has evolved from a predominantly defined bene...
The current labor market is in flux, with many industries still in pandemic recovery while the "great resignation" creating a talent vacuum....
According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 6 in 10 adults in the U.S. have at least one chronic disease...
Over the past year, the American workforce has undergone a forced evolution, with work environments and habits thrown into chaos. But even b...
With the nation in the throes of a lame-duck congressional session and slow-motion presidential transition, the judiciary is the only branch...
The American Benefits Council is known for its staff continuity, with seven of our 15 staff members having been here for at least two decade...
While we often focus on the Fortune 500 companies that dominate the world economy, another group of employers plays a fundamental role in th...
The American economy crosses borders, oceans, time zones, cultures, languages and great walls. And therefore, compensation and benefits has...
Retirement benefits are obviously one pillar of employee health and financial security, but despite all that employers do the "retirement sa...
We talk all the time about employee benefits for the evolving global workforce, but the truth is that benefits are important for more than j...
The independent workforce – a potent mixture of temp workers, contingent workers, "gig" workers and others – represents anywhere between 4 a...
As a result of the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats will assume control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2019. And while Republicans...
On the cusp of the 2018 midterm elections, health care remains a major issue for American voters. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation...
Retirement policy is supposed to be a bastion of stability and security, but the history of that policy is characterized by constant change:...
On average in the United States, 115 people die each day from an opioid overdose. As this epidemic has touched workers, employers have sough...
The defined contribution retirement savings plan is now the preeminent savings vehicle for working Americans. DOL data tells us that two-thi...
It's not just you: the workforce is getting older. Health care advances and increased life expectancies mean people are working longer and l...
The Employee Benefit Research Institute (or "EBRI") describes itself as the place "where the world turns for facts on employee benefits." Fo...
Millennials – roughly, those born between 1981 and 1996 – are the most well-educated, most diverse and most populous generation in the workf...
The American Benefits Council and Mercer, a global human resource consultancy firm, recently released a paper, Leading the Way: Employer Inn...
Even though the Council boasts more than 7,300 members from 440 companies worldwide, the Council staff itself is only 15 individuals strong....
William Shakespeare's admonition about lawyers notwithstanding, most employer-sponsored benefit plans could not function without the sage co...
Payroll-deduction, defined contribution plans have changed the way we save for retirement and may yet change the way we pay for health care...
While health and retirement benefits have long been the twin pillars of the American Benefits Council's policy agenda. As time has gone on,...
In this session from the Council's 50th Anniversary Symposium on November 30, we find out how companies are reimagining their employee benef...
A full accounting of the future of employee benefits would be incomplete without the perspectives of employees themselves. If employers are...
Few, if any, Americans have held as many senior federal government positions with direct responsibility for health and retirement security a...
As lawmakers get closer and closer to tax reform – and have to find a way to pay for it – it is becoming increasingly likely that they will...
With the congressional Republicans' health care "repeal-and-replace" efforts stymied, attention on Capitol Hill now turns to the difficult b...
The fate of the Affordable Care Act – and legislation to repeal and replace it – is at hand. Whether it succeeds or fails, the Council will...
If you want to trace the history of employee benefits, one good way to do so is to look at the tax code. Employer-sponsored health and retir...
Public perception and prevailing data suggest the presence of a "retirement savings gap," the difference between what Americans have saved f...
On June 6, the Council released a document of some import: ten principles for building a national retirement policy . In an effort to forge...
Millennials now constitute the largest share of today's workforce. Colin Seeberger , strategic campaigns advisor for Young Invincibles, sits...
What are the unique disadvantages that women face saving for and during retirement? Cindy Hounsell, the president of Women's Institute for a...
Katy Spangler, the American Benefits Council's senior vice president, health policy, talks to Harvard Medical School Professor Michael Chern...
In the second of a two-part conversation with former U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), host Jason Hammersla asks about the process an...
In the first of a two-part conversation with former U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), host Jason Hammersla discusses the American Hea...
The American Benefits Council's Jason Hammersla is joined by guest, Cam Marston, a noted author, columnist, blogger, and lecturer on generat...