by Tom Barrett | Oct 4, 2018 | Employer Issues, General Health, General Insurance Issues, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Issues, Insurance, Providers, Uncategorized
$19,616 — that’s the average cost nationwide of an employer-provided family health plan in 2018 according to recent employer study conducted by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation and reported in today’s Wall Street Journal. It’s pretty...
by Tom Barrett | Jan 19, 2018 | Employer Issues, General Health, General Insurance Issues, Health Policy, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, Insurance, Medicare Medicaid, National News
Job-based health insurance is the largest single source of health care coverage in the U.S. 1.) Employer-sponsored insurance covers more than 157 million workers and their dependents. 2.) The next largest source of coverage, Medicaid, insures less than half as many,...
by Tom Barrett | Oct 25, 2017 | Employer Issues, General Health, General Insurance Issues, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Issues, Insurance, Medicare Medicaid, National News, Uncategorized
With more and more folks remaining in the workforce past age 65, we are often asked by clients to help explain Medicare eligibility and options to those employees on the cusp of turning 65. This article from Kaiser Health News (reprinted with permission) provides...
by Tom Barrett | Mar 5, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Reform, Providers
More on the topic of narrow networks… In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey of health plan buyers, a little over half (51 percent) of those responding pointed toward buying a plan that cost more but presented a greater selection of providers vs. buying a...
by Tom Barrett | Aug 28, 2013 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Issues
We’re often asked by clients and colleagues about how their health coverage (and related costs) stacks up against the averages. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) recently released the results of their Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey. Among the findings:...