Updated 11/22/2021: This article has been updated to correct a statistic in order to indicate that large firms on average contributed $16,132 to the employee premium and $937 to each...
Copayments and coinsurance can impact care utilization in employer-sponsored health plans depending on the service, a recent study published by Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)...
Cancer patients are paying higher and higher out-of-pocket costs for treatment and, according to the American Cancer Society’s recent report, payer-related costs are the most common contributor...
Employer-sponsored health plans grew more expensive for individuals and families in 2020, the Employer Health Benefits annual Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey found.
“Conducted partly...
Contrary to expectations, there may not be a correlation between deductible costs and member outcomes for commercial high deductible plans, according to a study published in JAMA Open Network.
The...
Although health savings accounts are an important tool for enrollees in high deductible health plans, a large percentage of enrollees in these plans either do not have health savings accounts or do not...
High deductible health plans pose a barrier to care by increasing costs for patients and causing scheduling and financial turbulence for providers, according to a survey of providers conducted by the...
Although insulin prices more than doubled between 2006 and 2017, out-of-pocket insulin costs for commercial plan members remained fairly steady over the course of that period, even declining slightly...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued guidance extending flexibilities to high deductible health plan (HDHP), employer-sponsored cafeteria plan, and flexible spending arrangement (FSA) plan...
The rise in high-deductible health plans due to the ACA’s lack of cost-sharing restrictions in some areas may be leading to high maternity out-of-pocket spending, researchers have...
Born under the pressure of skyrocketing healthcare spending, employer activism enables employers to take control of their companies’ healthcare spending, in a way that could both strengthen and...
As more employers seek to offer the best healthcare benefits to their employees, they are focusing on quality and a diverse set of plans, which tends to lead them toward HMOs and PPOs according to a...
The average annual growth in premium and deductible costs for workers outpaced their median income growth from 2008 to 2018, a Commonwealth Fund study discovered.
“Over the last decade, employer...
Patients with diabetes enrolled on a high-deductible health plan have a hard time paying for their brand-name medications, having a negative impact on medication adherence, according to new data...
The House of Representatives recently voted 419-6 to repeal the Cadillac tax, which would impact the payers and plans employers choose if the law is formally repealed.
Under the authority of the...
PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) predicted a six percent increase in medical cost trend in 2020, with a five percent net growth rate after adjusting for increased employee cost sharing or...
The Trump Administration issued an executive order that will allow employers to help employees pay for health insurance via health reimbursement arrangements.
As part of individual coverage health...
Workers enrolled in employer-sponsored health plans are paying an extraordinary amount for their health insurance, specifically through relatively high premiums and out-of-pocket costs, according to a...
