BenefitsPRO Magazine-November 2020

Letter from the Editor

The clock is ticking on health care reform

Paul Wilson | October 30, 2020

Never before have employers and employees been more ready to consider change.

November 03, 2020

Issue Gallery

Market Insights

Slipping away: Does the employer-sponsored health care system have an expiration date?

Employer-sponsored health insurance may have an expiration date, unless the private sector can deliver on much-needed reforms.

Features

Decoupling: What is it, and how could it reshape American health care?

Sean Engelking | November 04, 2020

In simplest terms, "decoupling" means removing the requirement to have an HDHP as a prerequisite for having an HSA.

Lessons from COVID: Health care needs to get back to basics

Jenny Aghamalian | August 28, 2020

There is nothing simple, basic, or even commonsense about our current system.

Columnists

Are employees done with virtual?

Marty Traynor | November 26, 2020

It's difficult enough to get information about benefits across when people are sitting in an office.

Carrier selection and enrollment decision support

Erin Marino & Nick Rockwell | November 30, 2020

To meet employers' top need for educating employees on voluntary benefits, understanding the landscape of available tools is critical.

An inconvenient sales truth

Kevin Trokey | November 23, 2020

The reality is you will lose every account the same way you won it.

Here's a twist on 401(k) participant education you may not have seen – Carosa

Christopher Carosa | December 18, 2019

Plan sponsors use onboarding programs for new hires – but what about an "unboarding" program for employees nearing retirement?

Action/Reaction

Are you with me?

BenefitsPRO Editors | November 27, 2020

Readers share their insights on building and maintaining partnerships in the benefits industry.

Face of Change

What are we going to leave behind? A Q&A with Justin Leader

Paul Wilson | November 12, 2020

Justin Leader of BenefitsDNA strives to meet employers where they are and help them get where they need to go.