Past Events
Inflation Reduction Act: New opportunities for employers to improve the value of healthcare benefits for employees and retirees
This webcast unpacks the Inflation Reduction Act, estimates it’s value to participates to Medicare and Pre-Medicare participates, and outlines alternatives employers might consider to deliver more valuable benefits to participates going forward.
How Villanova University provided retirees with enhanced plan options at a more affordable cost
Join WTW’s webcast to learn how higher education institutions have leveraged the Medicare marketplace to enhance retiree health care benefits and manage costs.
Offering Higher Education Retirees Sustainable Health Care Options
How the individual marketplace affords retirees improved choice, value and support
Summer Series: Not Your Grandpa's Individual Marketplace
How the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has made the individual marketplace more attractive for both Pre-Medicare retirees and active employees
Summer Series: Skyrocketing Retiree Drug Costs
Learn how to protect your retirees from escalating prescription drug costs
Summer Series: Do One-Size-Fits-All Health Plans Benefit Your Retirees?
Comparing the Medicare marketplace to alternative retiree health coverage options
Summer Series: Medicare Simplified
Learn the ABCs of Medicare to make informed decisions about your retiree health care program
11 Years in the Making: Why there’s never been a better time to leverage the individual marketplace for Pre-Medicare retirees and active employees.
How the American Rescue Plan Act has boosted the attractiveness of using the individual marketplace by both increasing subsidies and expanding subsidy eligibility
Why, if you are not considering the individual marketplace for your Pre-Medicare retirees, you could be missing a huge opportunity
How technology can help employees and retirees shop for, enroll in, and pay for their individual marketplace plan
Managing rising retiree health care costs in Michigan
Legacy costs are a real challenge for many Michigan local governments. That is especially true when it comes to retiree health care costs as the ratio of active employees to retirees decreases and the cost of medical care increases.
Sustaining Public Sector Retiree Health Care in the COVID-19 Era & Beyond
After years of funding pressure on the cost of OPEB benefits, the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for state and local government means retiree health care benefits could become a target for deep budget cuts. Reducing benefits for valued retirees is a last resort and painful for all concerned, but there is another option. Laura Rich, executive officer for Nevada's Public Employees' Benefits Program (PEBP), will discuss how PEBP used an innovative retiree health care approach to:
Reduce their annual retiree health care contribution by over $100 million per year
Save their retirees money and expand the range of available health care plans
Decrease their OPEB liability by nearly $900 million
*Note all webcast times listed are Eastern time zone.