HSA Can You See? A Deep Dive on Health Savings Accounts, with Katy Spangler
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and the high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) associated with them, still constitute a minority share of all...
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What'you Talkin' 'Bout, Willis? Meet the Council's New Senior Counsel, Health Policy
In the latest edition of the American Benefits Podcast, we meet the latest addition to the American Benefits Council's staff. Kerri Willis j...
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Enter Your Destination: Introducing the Council's Long-Term Strategic Plan
On Wednesday, February 12, the American Benefits Council released its long-term public policy strategic plan, DESTI NATION 2030: A Roadmap f...
Common Sense, Common Cause: Talking Health Care Value with National Alliance CEO Shawn Gremminger
Shawn Gremminger recently assumed the role of president and CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Associations -- a Council m...
Windows on Benefits: Introducing New Board Chair Fred Thiele (Microsoft Corporation)
Fred Thiele, vice president, global benefits and mobility for Microsoft, will serve as chair of the American Benefits Council's Board of Dir...
Episode 45: Bigger Data: The First Step to Improving Health Equity (with Jennifer Haley, Urban Institute)
Diversity, equity and inclusion is a priority for many of the American Benefits Council's member companies, who have in turn directed us to...
Episode 44: Follow the Leader: Getting to Know the Council's New Board Chair (with Tracy Watts, Mercer)
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...
Episode No. 43: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: A Round-Up of the Council's International Benefits Activity
For many multinational companies, figuring out how to scale employee benefits for a global population is a critical element of their economi...
Episode 42: Into the Deep End: The Big Splash of Pooled Employer Plans (with Rick Jones, Aon)
Even as policymakers discuss and debate the so-called "retirement savings gap," employers and others are starting to take part in a newly-mi...
Episode 41: Get Out the Map: Paid Leave and the State of Play
Paid leave may not be an "employee benefit," strictly speaking, in the same way that health coverage and retirement coverage are. But provid...
Episode 40: No Surprises, Please: The Twisty Tale of 'Surprise' Medical Billing
The 2020 enactment of legislation to eliminate "surprise" medical billing was not just the most significant health care coverage legislation...
Episode 39: Plumbing and the PBGC: How Plans and Participants are Getting Stuck
Even casual observers know that, over the past several decades, the nation's retirement system has evolved from a predominantly defined bene...
Episode 38: Nontraditional Workers and Barriers to Retirement Savings
The current labor market is in flux, with many industries still in pandemic recovery while the "great resignation" creating a talent vacuum....
Episode No. 37: Still V.B.I.D.: Chronic Disease and the Drive to Health Care Value
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...
Episode 36: Polak's Republic: A Dialogue on Working Smarter
Over the past year, the American workforce has undergone a forced evolution, with work environments and habits thrown into chaos. But even b...
Episode 35: Law and Order with Meaghan VerGow
With the nation in the throes of a lame-duck congressional session and slow-motion presidential transition, the judiciary is the only branch...
Better Know a Council Colleague: New Health Policy Senior Counsel Katy Johnson
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...
Episode 33: Benefits Calling: The World of Church Plans with Rev. Jeff Thiemann
While we often focus on the Fortune 500 companies that dominate the world economy, another group of employers plays a fundamental role in th...
Episode 32: It's a Big World After All: Going Global with Mark Azzarello, International Paper
The American economy crosses borders, oceans, time zones, cultures, languages and great walls. And therefore, compensation and benefits has...
Episode 31: All Debts, Public and Private - Helping Employers Help Employees Pay Down Student Loans
Retirement benefits are obviously one pillar of employee health and financial security, but despite all that employers do the "retirement sa...