Have you ever noticed that dental pain often finds its way from your mouth to your wallet? In the United States, major dental care can cost anywhere from a few hundred to more than $40,000. When you turn to your dental insurance policy for benefits, you find coverage limits of only a few thousand dollars, leaving you with a […]
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On July 30, 2013,
posted in: Destination Medical Care,
Employee benefits by
David Mair Tags: dental, dental care, dental costs, dental implants, dental treatment, dentist, destination medical care, Employee benefits, Flexible Spending Account, FSA, Health Savings Account, international standards, root canal, Soter Healthcare
The Affordable Care Act promised to deliver significant changes in health care and health insurance. During the past two years, we’ve learned a great deal about what is included in this sweeping new law. As with most wide-ranging laws, it can be hard to get the real facts and all too easy for misinformation about the law to […]
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On October 27, 2012,
posted in: Affordable Care Act,
Employee benefits,
Health insurance by
David Mair Tags: ACA, affordable care act, claims costs, Employee benefits, Flexible Spending Account, FSA, Health care, Health insurance, health insurance company, health insurance exchange, Health Reimbursement Arrangement, Health Savings Account, HRA, HSA, insurance broker, insurance company, Internal Revenue Service, Obamacare, PPACA, Premium subsidy, premium tax credits, self insurance, Soter Healthcare, tax credits
Editor’s Note: We initially expressed concern about the impact of the small business deductible cap in September 2012. Since that time, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule on the application of the small business deductible. Under that ruling, the Affordable Care Act provision allowing small businesses to use medical expense […]
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On September 10, 2012,
posted in: Employee benefits,
Health insurance,
Medical care,
Uncategorized by
David Mair Tags: claims costs, deductible, Employee benefits, employee health insurance, Flex plan, Flexible Spending Account, FSA, Health care, Health insurance, health insurance company, Health Reimbursement Arrangement, Health Savings Account, HRA, HSA, human resources, individual insurance, insurance company, maximum out of pocket, Medical care, medical reimbursement, out of pocket expense, premium, small business
Are you getting the most for your dollar with your company’s health insurance plan? When we ask that question, quite often the answer starts as “Yes” and pretty quickly turns to “I don’t really know.” The simple fact is that most business leaders only know the toll rising health insurance costs are taking on the […]
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On July 26, 2012,
posted in: Employee benefits,
Health insurance,
Medical care by
David Mair Tags: claims costs, doctor visit, Employee benefits, Flex plan, Flexible Spending Account, FSA, fully insured, Health care, Health insurance, health insurance agent, health insurance company, Health Reimbursement Arrangement, Health Savings Account, HRA, HSA, insurance agent, insurance broker, insurance company, medical reimbursement, office visit, overpay, pharmacy, premium, prescription, self insurance, self-funded insurance, Soter Healthcare, telemedicine
