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Four High Deductible Health Plan Mistakes to Avoid

InterWest Insurance Services

With more than half of all private sector employees enrolled in high-deductible health plans , it’s important that employers have in place certain protocols to ensure that they are a success. HSAs are tax-advantaged accounts that allow enrollees to save up to pay qualified medical expenses.

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Hospital Indemnity Insurance a Key Voluntary Benefit

InterWest Insurance Services

Most employers offer major medical coverage to their full-time employees. But that still leaves workers and their families with significant exposure to financial hardship in the event of a serious medical emergency. The worker can use this cash benefit for any purpose, including: Deductibles. Hospital indemnity insurance.

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Four Ways to Ensure Your Group HDHP Will Fail

InterWest Insurance Services

With more than half of all private sector employees enrolled in high-deductible health plans , it’s important that employers have in place certain protocols to ensure that they are a success. HSAs are tax-advantaged accounts that allow enrollees to save up to pay qualified medical expenses.

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Smallest Firms See Largest Health Insurance Hikes

InterWest Insurance Services

To put it into dollar signs, that’s an extra $104 for individuals and $231 for families each month for medical insurance. The HDHP effect The report found that health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations continue to dominate the landscape in group health benefits for SMBs.

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How to offer health insurance as a small business

Higginbotham

families say they’ve avoided health care – including vaccinations, annual exams and medications – due to the cost. If your workers don’t have insurance, they might not get the medical care they need, and this can have a negative impact on health and result in more sick days and lost productivity.

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Managing Employee Healthcare Costs in 2021

Best Money Moves

What the average health insurance premium costs and changes employers are making to health benefits offerings in the new year. The ever increasing cost of healthcare combined with uncertainty about coverage, deductibles and copays keep some employees from getting the medical care they need.