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More Employers Cover Weight-Loss Drugs: Survey

InterWest Insurance Services

The percentage of employers who are covering new and trendy weight-loss drugs has risen in 2024, continuing a trend of increasing coverage despite the costs, according to a new survey. And, as costs continue rising on average 5.25% in 2024, employers are taking a number of steps to manage costs. after rising 8.3% the year prior.

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More Employers Cover Weight-Loss Drugs: Survey

InterWest Insurance Services

The percentage of employers who are covering new and trendy weight-loss drugs has risen in 2024, continuing a trend of increasing coverage despite the costs, according to a new survey. And, as costs continue rising on average 5.25% in 2024, employers are taking a number of steps to manage costs. after rising 8.3% the year prior.

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Report: Group Health Plan Cost Inflation to Pick Up Steam

InterWest Insurance Services

A new report by Aon warns employers to expect average group health insurance costs to increase 8.5% in 2024, as inflation starts hitting the cost of delivering care as well as pharmaceuticals. The report predicts that employers will pay an average of $15,088 in 2024, compared to the average this year of $13,906.

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Spread the Word About Additional HSA Contributions

InterWest Insurance Services

Usually, these accounts are funded with pre-tax deductions from your employees’ paychecks, but if they didn’t max out their contributions last year, they still can do so up until the tax-filing deadline. Under IRS rules, for 2023 employers and employees can contribute a combined $3,850 for single employees and $7,750 for families.

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Health Benefits in the Workplace at Risk: Employers Try to Absorb the Shock

HR Digest

Health benefits for employees are proving to be a huge investment for employers , with total health benefit cost per employee expected to rise 5.4% Pharmaceutical companies and researchers insist that costs have to remain high for the production and further research to be viable. on average in 2024.

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Many Employees Choosing the Wrong Health Plans

InterWest Insurance Services

A new study has found that many people in employer-sponsored health plans are enrolling in plans that are costing them more than they ought to be paying. Many employees choose pricey plans with low deductibles, which force them to spend more up front on premiums to save just a few hundred dollars on their deductible.

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Employers Use Variety of Strategies to Provide Competitive and Cost-Effective Health Care Benefits

InterWest Insurance Services

As they wrestle with providing attractive but affordable health care benefits for employees, employers are trying a variety of strategies. There are many cost drivers in health care and insurers and employers are in a fine balancing act of trying to keep a lid on costs and also keeping their employees happy. Eligibility requirements.