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InterWest Insurance Services
OCTOBER 17, 2024
A new study has found three out of four U.S. workers would accept a job with a slightly lower salary if it offered better health care and medical coverage. The main driver in workers prioritizing benefits is the rapidly rising cost of group health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs, according to the study by Voya Financial.
InterWest Insurance Services
JANUARY 26, 2022
workers are increasingly having difficulties in paying for health care, particularly due to high copays, deductibles and other health plan cost-sharing elements. Twenty percent of study participants who experienced major medical expenses said they skipped or delayed needed mental health care or counseling due to cost concerns.
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InterWest Insurance Services
JANUARY 5, 2023
With Americans increasingly struggling to pay their health care bills, more employers are shying away from only offering their workers high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) that reduce premiums up front for higher out-of-pocket costs for workers. Cost-cutting. That fell to 13% in 2021 and was only 9% in 2022.
Insperity
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Be sure to provide each new hire with: A detailed, printed overview of available benefits and out-of-pocket costs, if any. Help employees truly understand their out-of-pocket costs. In printed materials and other communication, explain the impact of benefits on your employees’ salary.
InterWest Insurance Services
JULY 13, 2023
18% use salary-based contributions to premiums, with lower-wage workers paying less than their better paid colleagues. 39% offer a medical plan with no or a low deductible or cost-sharing (e.g., 6% make larger health savings account contributions to lower-wage staff to make their high-deductible health plan more affordable.
Business Management Daily
APRIL 29, 2024
A good regular salary may have been enough years ago, back when government subsidies managed things like healthcare and retirement, but those programs have become less and less effective. HMO plans often have lower premiums and out-of-pocket costs compared to other plans. Most employees expect benefits. People want more.
Higginbotham
OCTOBER 14, 2022
This can be done through salary and wages, but it can also be done through benefits, and the latter can be better in some ways. Gallup says that the cost of replacing an employee can range from one-and-a-half to two-times the employee’s annual salary. This can leave workers with many out-of-pocket costs.
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