InterWest Insurance Services
APRIL 22, 2022
House of Representatives has passed legislation that would cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin at $35 a month for people with group or private health insurance. While the measure still has to face a vote in the Senate, it has broad backing after the cost of insulin has skyrocketed in recent years. How it would work.
Benefit Resource Inc.
JANUARY 4, 2023
The 2023 spending bill signed into law on December 29th includes extending pre-deductible telehealth services coverage. WHAT IS PRE-DEDUCTIBLE TELEHEALTH COVERAGE? Pre-deductible telehealth coverage allows HSAs-qualifying high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) to cover telehealth and remote-care services on a pre-deductible basis.
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InterWest Insurance Services
AUGUST 22, 2023
Going out of network is discouraged with high out-of-pocket costs. Preferred provider organizations – PPOs contract with hospital and provider networks to help control costs. While they will cover services outside of the network, the cost is higher than going in-network.
InterWest Insurance Services
AUGUST 1, 2023
Going out of network is discouraged with high out-of-pocket costs. Preferred provider organizations – PPOs contract with hospital and provider networks to help control costs. While they will cover services outside of the network, the cost is higher than going in-network.
InterWest Insurance Services
JUNE 22, 2023
The changes mean some or many of your employees will see significant reductions in their pharmaceutical outlays, particularly if they have high copays or deductibles. The moves come after the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in 2022, capped out-of-pocket insulin costs for seniors on Medicare at $35 per month.
InterWest Insurance Services
JULY 13, 2023
this year and at a faster clip in 2024 as inflation hits medical costs. ” Whether to pass on higher costs Besides the 64% of employers who said they would boost their benefits in 2024, 28% said they would not but have done so in the past two years. copay plan).
InterWest Insurance Services
JANUARY 5, 2023
With Americans increasingly struggling to pay their health care bills, more employers are shying away from only offering their workers high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) that reduce premiums up front for higher out-of-pocket costs for workers. The expected health insurance cost growth of 5.4% Cost-cutting.
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