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Personalized Care Act (ICHSA) Could and Should End Employer-Based Health Insurance

Joe Markland

On January 2020, the Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Account (ICHRA) was enacted, and employees for the first time in 75+ years could buy an individual policy with pre-tax dollars if their employer adopted an ICHRA. An ICHRA still leaves the employer in control of adopting the ICHRA.

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What is ancillary health insurance?

Higginbotham

Ancillary health insurance is a secondary type of coverage used to supplement your traditional health insurance. The term “ancillary” means “providing additional help or support,” and that’s just what ancillary health insurance does. Examples of Ancillary Health Insurance.

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Captive Health Insurance and Prescription Drug Costs

AssuredPartners

"Organizations invest an enormous amount of financial capital into their health insurance plans, and pharmacy costs continue to increase every year," states Kathryn Simmons, CWCP, CWCC, Vice President Operations, AssuredPartners West Virginia.

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Employers Expect Higher Premiums, Little to No Cost-Shifting

InterWest Insurance Services

Employers who were surveyed for a new report expected that group health insurance premiums would increase 5.4% In fact, 64% of large employers (with 500 or more workers) plan to enhance their health insurance and well-being benefits to stay competitive for talent and to keep their staff happy, Mercer found.

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Why is Health Insurance the Most Important Insurance in 2021-22?

Bayzat

When it comes to your health, getting health insurance is not a question of should you get it but rather, which health insurance is the best for you. You probably have a lot of important possessions that could use insurance. But nothing is as important as your health.

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Employers Wrestling with Covering Weight-Loss Drugs

InterWest Insurance Services

The explosion in demand for new, costly and highly effective weight-loss and diabetes drugs is poised to play an outsized role in increasing the cost of health care, and in turn, health insurance in America. in 2023, compared to an increase of 6.4% in 2022, according to a report by Mercer.

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Financial Aspects of “Unretirement”

Money Talk

Tax Withholding Adjustments - Adding income from employment to what could be multiple streams of income in later life (e.g., Higher Income Tax Payments- Again, adding employment income to several other income sources in later life can place taxpayers in a higher tax bracket. food, gas, utilities, housing, etc.)