Health

As employer-sponsored plans see an increase in new participants, cost-containment strategies have never been more vital.

As healthcare costs continue to rise, agents can help employers make changes to health benefit packages to prioritize affordability and ease of administration.

As the healthcare market continues to expand, it is facing significant shifts driven by cost pressures, policy changes and increased regulatory scrutiny.

Supplemental benefits can go a long way to reducing client churn and ensuring that the clients who do stay are happy.

As health care costs continue to rise for many Americans, employers increasingly view supplemental health benefits as crucial for recruitment, retention and employee satisfaction.

Prescription drugs play a significant role in increasing health care costs, with Americans spending approximately $98 billion out of pocket on prescription drugs, a 25% increase over the past five years.

Insureds will be reimbursed for expenses incurred up to their selected benefit limit. Additionally, there is no medical underwriting required to obtain coverage.

When there’s no long-term care plan in place, care decisions are made in a crisis. Here are four tips agents can use to help clients integrate LTC into their plans.

“We see challenges with LTC (long-term care) adoption rates,” says independent agent Kelly Augspurger. “In my opinion, it’s an awareness and education issue because people don’t know what they don’t know.”