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Leader's Edge Features
Youth in Crisis
Additional specialists and resources are needed to help young people who are struggling with mental health issues.
The Price of Pharma Promotion
Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising has a real impact on employer drug costs. What can be done to rein in its effects?
Help Wanted, Desperately
The U.S. healthcare industry could need hundreds of thousands of additional doctors, nurses, and other staffers in the coming years.
Pool Party
More brokerages and carriers are diving into pooled employer plans for retirement savings.
What's Happening in D.C.
The Budget Hawks Are Circling
Sustaining enhanced ACA healthcare subsidies could cost hundreds of billions, but there is a way to lower that amount without forcing millions of people off coverage.
Threats, but Still no Replacement, to the ACA
President Trump has not detailed his “concepts of a plan” to replace Obamacare. But legislative and regulatory changes for healthcare could still be on the horizon.
Can ICHRAs Bridge the Healthcare Political Divide?
Democratic and Republican administrations have wrestled over the terms of the Affordable Care Act. With Donald Trump back in the White House, where are we headed in 2025?
A New Era of Network Optimization
Price transparency data can help point employers toward health plans that excel at both service and return on investment.
Expert Voices
Gene Therapy: Rarely Needed but Massively Expensive
Q&A with Ryan Siemers, Principal, Aegis Risk
Who Benefits from Drug Price Negotiations?
Q&A with Shawn Gremminger, President and CEO, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
Loneliness Lingers
Q&A with Dr. Jeremy Nobel, Professor, Harvard Medical School, and President and Founder, Foundation for Art & Healing
Mixing High Tech and High Touch
Q&A with Courtney Hutchison, Market President—Colorado, The MJ Companies
Best in Benefits
Sound Investment: Exploring the Economic Case for Hearing Benefits
Brokers and their clients can win by providing hearing solutions.
Sponsored by TruHearing
Options for Ensuring Care
Employers have a number of options for ensuring their staff can access needed healthcare services even in areas that are short on providers.
Providing Additional Value
Employee benefits brokers can play an important role in helping their clients understand and fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities.
Sponsored by Trucordia
Employers Are Demanding Tailored Benefits
A specialty benefits shop can offer expertise, risk management, analysis, and efficiency to customize solutions in extraordinary ways.
Sponsored by Ryan Specialty
Podcasts
Leader’s Edge podcasts are the place to learn more about the top issues and big personalities of the insurance industry, from Washington, D.C. and across the world.
Flexibility, Choice, and Compliance? Top Benefits Trends in 2025
Behind the Curtain
AI is No Longer Science Fiction, Neither are its Risks
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