Oct. 25--Highmark Inc. has opened the defined-contribution pool. But are small Pittsburgh-area employers ready to take the plunge? The region's biggest health insurer is expanding its "defined ...

Health insurer AmeriHealth New Jersey is entering the “defined contribution” health plan market, where employers give their workers a set amount of money — a defined contribution — that employees then ...

I think defined contribution health care is a productive tool that has a lot of potential to make consumers more careful purchasers and health plans more cost effective sellers of insurance—when it is ...

Economist Peter Orszag, the former director of the Office of Management and Budget, writes in Bloomberg Businessweek that, over the next decade, defined contribution health plans will gradually take ...

Choosing between a defined benefit vs. defined contribution plan can make or break your retirement strategy. The difference comes down to who takes on the risk — your employer or you. A defined ...

Today Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) and a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes ...

As health care costs resume their seemingly inexorable climb, the latest buzzwords making the rounds of employers are "defined contribution health benefits." If you've heard the term "defined ...