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Tariffs and Health Benefits: The Hidden Cost Employers May Not Be Able To Ignore

CorpStrat

But heres the hidden truth: tariffs may quietly drive up the cost of employer-sponsored health benefits, affecting your bottom line and your ability to attract and retain talent. How Do Tariffs Connect to Health Insurance? Rising premiums, higher deductibles, and tighter networks. And then the patient.

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Employers ‘Unwavering’ in Providing Group Health Benefits: Research

InterWest Insurance Services

The poll of 26 health benefits decision-makers at large firms, carried out by The Commonwealth Fund and the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI), found that despite rising premium and health care costs, they felt obligated to offer health insurance instead of shunting employees to exchanges.

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New Approaches to Managing Health Care Costs, Improving Outcomes

InterWest Insurance Services

As health insurance and health care costs continue climbing, some employers are taking new and innovative steps to tamp down costs for themselves and their covered employees while not sacrificing the quality of care they receive. Depending on the PBM, this may or may not work.

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How much is my drug copay?

CorpStrat

But what we are seeing is the single greatest disruption in health care from Mark Cuban: They buy medications directly from manufacturers and add a flat 15% markup plus a small pharmacist fee. Even with these new options, navigating insurance coverage can still feel like solving a Rubik’s cube blindfolded.

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3 Email Templates for Health Insurance Explainers

Flimp Communications

As an HR professional, you deal with the consequences of health insurance illiteracy every day: Employees make poor choices based on incomplete knowledge or false assumptions, increasing frustration and driving up costs for your entire organization. Related: Health Insurance Key Terms, Explained. Wishing you good health!

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Payroll services for small businesses

Higginbotham

Oregon’s overtime kicks in at 10 hours but only applies to the manufacturing sector. For example, employees may pay their share of health insurance and various voluntary benefits through payroll deductions. This means a mistake in their paycheck could also impact their benefits.

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Why small business owners need liability insurance

Higginbotham

Liability for a Defective Product Every business that manufactures a product must be protected by product liability insurance. A product liability claim can arise from a design that is deemed unsafe, a manufacturing defect or a failure while the product is in use.