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Healthcare and Insurance Industry Consolidation: A Bitter Pill?

Corporate Synergies

Health insurance industry consolidation hasn’t been good for healthcare consumers or employers. For example, multi-state employers’ health insurance options are typically limited to the four major national carriers: Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Cigna and Aetna. It depends on your point of view.

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AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT CONTAINS MANY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RELATED PROVISIONS

Benefits Notes

Many of the provisions in this sweeping legislation bring changes to the employee benefits world of which employers should take note and which are summarized below. The ARPA also allows the employer, insurer, or multiemployer plan sponsor who subsided the premiums to offset the cost by claiming a new federal tax credit.