Health insurance

Caring for a healthy pet can cost employees an average of $700 to $2,000 per year in veterinary bills.

Delta is the first major U.S. company to levy a penalty to encourage workers to get protected.

With health insurance deductibles outpacing household income for the past 25 years, supplemental health benefits are gaining more attention.

In an effort to give employees a more individualized selection, employers may be inadvertently setting them up for failure.

It took a pandemic for America’s army of gig workers to win access to some of the social protections that regular employees enjoy. Now they’re about to lose it again.

Only 9% of adults shop around for the best healthcare prices. Healthcare guidance platform Amino seeks to provide clarity to make more employees aware of the No Surprises Act.

Voluntary benefits have emerged as a way to combat rising deductibles and put dollars back into consumers’ pockets.

Directed network and purchasing choice solutions will provide employees with a great network, pricing that is upfront and transparent, and lower costs for going to higher quality providers.

A growing number of insurers are quietly ending those fee waivers for COVID treatment on some or all policies.

Supplemental health benefits can be a key component to employee wellness.

“Hospital insurance has become a mainstream solution in recent years,” says Katy Whittle, product manager at Unum.

The current layoff situation and legislative action to extend periods and deadlines associated with COBRA means that people who would not have considered electing COBRA prior to COVID-19 may choose to do so soon, and in record numbers.

Employees often don’t take advantage of supplemental insurance because of the difficulty of the claims process.

Adviser Cameron Black “has an incredible sense of why he does what he does,” says Melissa Bondi, program director of community and corporate well-being at Bass Pro Shops. “That’s extremely powerful.”

“There's just not a lot of discussions happening and I think sometimes employees are left blind,” says Amanda Baethke, director of corporate development at Aeroflow Healthcare.

Comprehensive managed benefits, accessible to all employees, protect organizations against unexpected costs, and give employees the support necessary to get the best treatment the first time.

Mobile optometrist 20/20 On-site is making it easier for people to use their vision benefits during the pandemic.

Learn how screen time affects vision health and what employees can do to protect their eyes while working from home.

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg injects new uncertainty into the fate of the Affordable Care Act as the landmark health-care law heads to a third showdown before U.S. Supreme Court.

In the age of skyrocketing monthly premiums and a multitude of confusing options, more Americans are flocking to direct primary care to supplement their existing coverage.