Employee-Paid

More-generous subsidies and expanded eligibility could reduce both the number of uninsured people and the financial burdens on enrollees.

Early in the year is the right time to consider the important questions about employee benefits we should be asking. That's the only way our organizations will make progress on the most important items during the year. Here are a few from my list.

According to the findings, ‌premiums‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌individual‌ ‌market‌ ‌dropped‌ ‌more‌ in‌ ‌states‌ ‌that‌ ‌fully‌ ‌expanded‌ ‌short-term‌ ‌insurance‌ than those that did not.

Lax security? Less than half of Americans have checked their credit or debit card statements to ensure that the charges match their actual purchases.

One ongoing element remained constant—the cost of health insurance continued to increase in 2020.

Benefits once known as "voluntary" are becoming more commonly known as "essential."