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Chronic Conditions Driving Health Care Costs

InterWest Insurance Services

According to the Centers for Disease Control, six out of every 10 American adults have at least one chronic condition, with 40% having two or more. As a result, chronic conditions play an outsized role in the cost of group health insurance. Routine immunizations. Preventive services for men and women.

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Little-Known Things to Consider When Shopping for Group Health Insurance

Insperity

If you’re shopping for group health insurance for your company the first or second time around, it can be hard to make a confident choice. Not to mention, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has changed the group health insurance market considerably. The main oversight: Ruling out HSA-qualified plans.

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Examples of fringe benefits by category

Business Management Daily

Other options like work-from-home stipends and cell phone plans keep existing employees happy, reducing turnover and boosting productivity. Different benefits appeal to different teams, but what matters most is providing more than just the bare minimum—health insurance, workers’ compensation, and a competitive salary.

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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

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Little-Known Things to Consider When Shopping for Group Health Insurance

Insperity

If you’re shopping for group health insurance for your company the first or second time around, it can be hard to make a confident choice. Not to mention, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has changed the group health insurance market considerably. The main oversight: Ruling out HSA-qualified plans.

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Top 3 Hiring Trends for 2020

Best Money Moves

Employers can also remind employees when it’s time to get flu shots, when open enrollment starts, and have someone available to review healthcare benefits and out-of-pocket costs to help them better understand changes each year. . More on Recruitment and Hiring Trends for 2020.

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Managing Employee Healthcare Costs in 2021

Best Money Moves

Managing employee healthcare costs in 2021. What the average health insurance premium costs and changes employers are making to health benefits offerings in the new year. More than 40 percent of employees have deferred medical care because of financial concerns, according to research by Willis Tower Watson.