HDHPs

It’s time to get serious about another path to affordable, high-quality healthcare.

It may be time to rethink how high deductible health plans are presented to employees.

Misty Guinn, director of customer advocacy at Benefitfocus, discusses the current state of employee benefits.

Substance use disorder and behavioral health treatments are examples of why employers are responding with virtual care programs to continue to take care of the health and well-being of their employees.

To help manage the impact of increasing premiums on financial performance, employers have passed an increase in premium costs to their employees.

The healthcare company’s PBM designed a plan to ensure diabetics have access to medication without increasing employer costs.

Rural residents are less likely to be covered by employer-sponsored plans and, therefore, more likely to face high deductibles than their urban counterparts.

They are triple-tax advantaged, but also introduce significant challenges — especially for life partners with multiple accounts.

While half of employers are enrolled in a high-deductible health plan, 41% cannot pay for healthcare costs.

Employers and industry groups hope this is the first step to ultimately flatten the tires on the health plan tax.

The limit on deductible contributions to health savings accounts will jump by $50 for individuals and $100 for families next year.

Some seniors are missing out on a potential 20% tax deduction, and “no one is talking about what a wonderful retirement planning technique" it is, says an expert.

Many younger employees think they can’t save for their post-work years. But Optum Bank CEO Deborah Culhane says they can — and argues health savings accounts may be the best vehicle to do so.

Many younger employees think they can’t save for their post-work years. But Optum Bank CEO Deborah Culhane says they can — and argues health savings accounts may be the best vehicle to do so.

The retailer’s move marks an exciting opportunity for the largely misunderstood and underutilized savings tools.

The retailer’s move marks an exciting opportunity for the largely misunderstood and underutilized savings tools.

Employers, time to brush up on — and tell employees about — caps set by the IRS for the coming year.

Employers, time to brush up on — and tell employees about — caps set by the IRS.

These are the simple steps your HR team can take to make sure employees don’t miss out on low-hanging tax savings — and your company doesn’t miss out on payroll tax savings, too.

With workers harder to find and the ACA's tax on generous coverage postponed, employers are hitting pause on a feature of job-based medical insurance much hated by employees: the high-deductible health plan.