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Help Employees Understand the HSA Value Proposition

Corporate Synergies

High deductible health plans (HDHPs) are on the rise as a growing number of employers turn to consumer-directed health plans to try to curb costs—the portion of employees enrolled in HDHPs rose from 26.3% In addition, employers can contribute tax-free dollars if they choose—all of which is employee money.

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Penalties take effect for DC Transit Ordinance

Benefit Resource Inc.

introduced a transit benefit ordinance in January 2016 under The Sustainable DC Act of 2014. Under the Sustainable DC Act of 2014, employers with more than 20 employees (including full and part-time employees) will be required to provide one of three commuter benefit options, including: Employee-paid pre-tax benefit.

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Threats to Health Care Consumerism & What to Do About Them

AssuredPartners

While many employers now offer consumer-driven plans, uptake by employees isn’t phenomenal with only around a third of eligible employees enrolled in a CDHP.nSo what’s going wrong?nn"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Barriers For context, that is more than a quarter of people aged 19-64.nSo nSo why is this such a problem?