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Flexible Benefit Plans Give Employees More Options

InterWest Insurance Services

One way you can give your staff more choice in the employee benefits they receive is to offer them a cafeteria plan, which allows them to put together a benefits package that works best for them. Employers fund these flexible benefit plans with funds that are deducted from their employees’ salaries on a pre-tax basis.

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Gen Z Workers Go for HDHPs, but Don’t Forget Your Other Employees

InterWest Insurance Services

workers choosing high-deductible health plans has leveled off during the last two years, uptake has been growing rapidly among one segment of the working population: Gen Z employees. HDHPs feature higher deductibles and more out-of-pocket expenses in exchange for lower premiums upfront. While the number of U.S.

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Identify Your Workers’ Needs, Consider Costs before Open Enrollment

InterWest Insurance Services

Employees have a right to understand the costs they’ll be facing in each plan, including: Their share of the premium, Their deductible, Their copays or coinsurance, and Other out-of-pocket expenses. The lower the premium on the plan, the higher the deductibles and copays. Get an early start If your plan year starts Jan.

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How to offer health insurance as a small business

Higginbotham

You can choose to pay all or part of the premium, and you can even offer some benefits, like pet insurance , on a voluntary basis so it’s available at an affordable group rate for employees to purchase if they are interested. Voluntary benefits can be offered with little to no out-of-pocket expense to the employer.