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What Employees Want Employers to Do About COVID Vaccines

Fifty-seven percent of employees say employers should offer incentives to encourage vaccinations, such as money, paid time off, and gift cards. Fifty-two percent say employers should mandate vacci...

How Healthcare Has Improved Since COVID-19

How Healthcare Has Improved Since COVID-19 America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) president and CEO Matt Eyles reflected on five improvements in healthcare since the COVID-19 Pandemic at a rec...

CA Employers Respond to Rising Healthcare Costs

CA Employers Respond to Rising Healthcare Costs The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected the healthcare industry and medical premium costs are no exception, according to an employee benefit...

7 Ways for Employers to Reduce Healthcare Spending

7 Ways for Employers to Reduce Healthcare Spending Five Common conditions can be costly for employers, according to a report by the Health Action Council and UnitedHealth Group: Asthma ...

How Patients and Providers Can Benefit from the New Price Transparency Rule

How Patients and Providers Can Benefit from the New Price Transparency Rule On October 29, 2020, CMS, along with the Departments of Labor and Treasury, issued a final rule that will require m...

California Launches COVID-19 Employer Portal

California Launches COVID-19 Employer Portal The California Labor & Workforce Development Agency recently launched a website on COVID-19 guidance for employers. The site pulls all COVID-19...

California Launches COVID-19 Employer Portal

California Launches COVID-19 Employer Portal The California Labor & Workforce Development Agency recently launched a website on COVID-19 guidance for employers. The site pulls all COVID-19...

Large Employers Are Expanding EAP Benefits

Large Employers Are Expanding EAP Benefits Many large employers have expanded their EAP benefits since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to a Gallup survey. They have expanded: Acces...

What Confuses People Most About Health Insurance

What Confuses People Most About Health Insurance The average American gets a D for their health insurance knowledge, according to a survey by OnePoll. Consumers are most confused about: ...

Employers Are Relying More on Brokers’ Expertise

Employers Are Relying More on Brokers’ Expertise Seventy percent of benefits brokers say their clients are relying on them more than usual for benefits communications materials, according to a ...

Declines in Employer Sponsored Insurance Are Small Compared to Massive Job Losses

Low Declines in Employer-Sponsored Insurance Compared to Job Losses While employment rates fell 6.2% from March to September, enrollment in the fully insured group market fell just 1.5%. Acc...

Employees Want More Benefits Guidance & Tools

Employees Want More Benefits Guidance & Tools Roughly half of U.S. employees want more help from their employers to get the most value from their employee benefits, according to research ...