Healthcare

For a veterinarian, the emotional aspects and financial strain of their profession can have a lasting impact on their mental health.

As businesses downsize due to the coronavirus pandemic, employers want to provide workers with alternative health and well-being benefits.

The situation points to the increasing need for an on-demand earnings alternative.

“After my husband died, I couldn’t even tie my shoes,” says Emma Payne, founder of Grief Coach. “The fact that I was expected to go back to work was unthinkable.”

According to some estimates from a leading national health insurer, there could be more than 2.3 million people who will seek elective surgeries in the coming year.

A retirement expert advises employers on helping workers save for the future during this pandemic.

One in five people will experience a mental illness within a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, 70% never seek treatment.

The CARES Act waiver of penalties for premature 401(k) withdrawals may hurt the very American workers and families the Act is supposed to help.

Now is an “opportunity to advance the conversation around mental health and well-being,” says Aetna’s head of behavioral health.

Many carriers are choosing to automatically continue coverage for all employees for a specified period of time, or are extending eligibility for employees whose status has changed.