Health Care Benefits
A final rule issued by the DOL, HHS and Treasury Department will help ensure that group health plans and health insurance providers do not make it harder to access mental healthcare benefits or substance abuse treatment than other medical healthcare.
Individuals in Missouri will have to undergo therapy before seeking gender-affirming care under an emergency rule issued by the state attorney general.
President Biden has signed a congressional resolution that terminates the COVID-19 national emergency, returning a number of deadlines and provisions affecting employee benefit plans to their pre-pandemic norms.
The recent decision applies nationwide and could jeopardize access to care for millions of Americans if it is upheld, but the Biden administration is appealing the ruling.
The proposed rules would reverse Trump-era rules that weakened the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate for employer-provided health insurance plans.
The US Department of Defense (DOD) is joining the growing list of employers offering to pay for out-of-state travel to access abortion services.
A new California law will outlaw discrimination based on a person's reproductive health decisions and expand requirements for contraceptive and family planning coverage for group health plans.
Lowering health care costs and prescription drug expenses and making more affordable coverage possible are among employers' top future health care reform priorities, according to a recently released study.
In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which held that the Constitution does not protect a right to abortion, employers face challenges in areas ranging from benefit plans to social media to off-duty conduct policies and more.
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