Trends in Group Coverage

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Many people I speak with still hold employer-provided Group plans as the best kind of health insurance. Trends in group coverage actually suggest otherwise. This point of view is expressed in an article on the Harvard Business Review recently:

As a result of these trends, employers have shifted costs to employees; one common example is the implementation of high-deductible insurance plans, which increase consumers’ out-of-pocket costs. High costs can hurt employees in other ways, too: there’s evidence that as employer-provided health costs rise, employers are constrained in their ability to increase wages.

Consumers will see with their employer-provided insurance plans, all things being equal, that deductibles will rise, and they will have to pay more out-of-pocket for healthcare. I'm not about to suggest you turn down your employee health insurance plan though. Your employer is paying for most of it. But it will cover less in the future.

What to do then, if you're in this situation? I'd suggest you get a hospital and doctor plan to go with your employer coverage. That could help pay all or part for doctor and outpatient healthcare expenses, before your deductible is met. That would be the best way to manage your healthcare costs.

Contact Dan today and I'll explain how we could help.