Benefits Selling's annual employer survey shows 80 percent of benefits professionals see health care reform as their biggest challenge. What do they face and how are they coping?
Benefits Sellings annual employer survey shows that 80 percent of benefits professionals see health care reform as their biggest challenge. What do they face and how are they coping?
Executives at Bailey Lauerman & Associates, an advertising agency in Lincoln and Omaha, Neb., see big value in offering a vision plan to its employees.
Stuck with higher major medical premiums and prices, employers cant always afford to offer dental, vision, and other accessory coverage. Discount plans offer an option thats good for clients and brokers alike.
Stuck with higher major medical premiums and prices, employers can't always afford to offer dental, vision, and other accessory coverage. Discount plans offer an alternative that's good for clients and brokers alike.
Under a traditional health care benefit plan, a patient tells the doctor whats wrong. Then the patient, insurance company, or self-funded employer pays the doctor for each of the things she does in trying to fix it.
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