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What does coinsurance mean in health insurance?

Higginbotham

You’re reading your health insurance policy and come across a coinsurance clause. Here’s what you need to know about this common insurance term. This is called cost sharing, and it’s common in many types of insurance. Cost sharing helps insurance companies and policyholders achieve certain goals.

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It’s Time for a Mid-Year Financial Check-Up

Money Talk

In it, I urged a review of tax deductions/credits, tax withholding, budgeting/cash flow, flexible spending accounts, financial goal progress, and investment portfolio status. Insurance Check-Up - While stocks have trended downward so far in 2022, insurance premiums (homeowners, auto, health, etc.) child care, loan) ends.

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Identify Your Workers’ Needs, Consider Costs before Open Enrollment

InterWest Insurance Services

It’s almost time for group health insurance open enrollment and your top priority should be to drive participation by helping your employees make informed decisions about their options. Typically, the higher the premium on a plan, the lower the employee’s out-of-pocket costs are.

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Spring Cleaning with Your Eligible Expenses

Benefit Resource Inc.

While dusting, vacuuming, and packing away winter clothes may be on the top of your spring cleaning list, have you considered reviewing your eligible expenses and utilizing your Flexible Spending Account (FSA)? While doing your spring cleaning, don’t forget to look at your FSA.

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How to offer health insurance as a small business

Higginbotham

Although some small business owners may feel overwhelmed by the prospect of offering health insurance and other benefits, the many advantages can make the effort worthwhile. However, many small employers decide to offer health insurance anyway. Health insurance matters to employees. Census Bureau says that 54.3

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Should I Enroll in a High Deductible Health Plan with an HSA?

Stratus.HR

Considering they have lower premiums and provide the ability to use pre-tax dollars to pay for out-of-pocket costs, what’s not to love? Well, there’s a flipside of HDHPs and HSAs that includes a higher deductible and added out-of-pocket costs. Is a lower deductible worth the higher out-of-pocket 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. Employers fund these accounts, which reimburse your staff for qualified medical expenses and, in some cases, insurance premiums.

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