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Executive benefit reimbursement plans

Higginbotham

According to the Commonwealth Fund , more than one in 20 Americans under the age of 64 spent at least $1,700 on out-of-pocket medical expenses in 2017. Employees may face uncovered costs in numerous ways: They have to pay a share of the premium for insurance. FSAs: These accounts are owned by the employer; so they are not portable.

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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% million accounts in 2006 to over 22 million at the end of 2017. in 2011 to 39.3%

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