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As Health Care Costs Bite, Here’s How You Can Help Your Workers

InterWest Insurance Services

Recent studies have highlighted an alarming trend in American health care: More and more people are struggling with medical bills and many are delaying care due to high costs. The most recent poll by Gallup found that 38% of those surveyed said they or a family member had delayed care in 2022 due to high costs.

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How HRAs Can Help Your Employees Pay for Medical Expenses

InterWest Insurance Services

As rising health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs for health care are burdening workers, more employers are looking for ways to help their staff put aside money for those expenses. Fortunately, there is another option: a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA). Qualified medical expenses.

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16 Surprising FSA and HSA Eligible Expenses Your Employees Should Know About

InterWest Insurance Services

Employers offer flexible savings accounts and health savings accounts to their employees so they can build up funds with pre-tax dollars to pay for health care and related expenses. According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, 48% of workers forfeited an average of $408 of their FSA funds in 2020.

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How to Help Employees Prepare for Open Enrollment 2020

Best Money Moves

How to help employees prepare for open enrollment 2020. Being more knowledgeable about health insurance benefits will help them enroll in the plan that’s right for them. What can employers do to help employees better understand how different health insurance plans affect out-of-pocket costs for healthcare?

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The Dire Need for a Meaningful Fringe Increase

AssuredPartners

For rates that did include sick leave, that increase amounted to $0.01 – less than 1% more than the previously issued rate in 2020. When considering that 2020 fringe rates saw no increase over those in 2019, the numbers paint a dire picture.

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How to manage employer health care costs

Higginbotham

A better option than reducing benefits is to learn how to manage employer health care costs. Health Insurance Costs Keep Rising Employers spend significant sums of money on employee health care – and the costs keep rising. Health insurance alone accounts for 7.8 Only $28.88 was benefits.

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Executive benefit reimbursement plans

Higginbotham

This may be a good option for employers that want to simplify their health plan administration while giving employees flexibility. Integrated health reimbursement arrangements are designed to work with the group health plan. A benefit reimbursement plan offers a way to cover these costs. They have to pay a deductible.