Employee Benefits Market Check Survey: 2025 Medical Plan Cost Increase

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As we prepare to conclude the year, many companies have finalized their medical plan for 2025. Costs continue to increase at a challenging rate. Some market conditions driving rate increases include provider consolidation, an increasing rate…

Employee Benefits Market Check Survey: Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage

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The Inflation Reduction Act imposed changes to Medicare Part D for 2025. The changes reduce an individual’s out-of-pocket amount and remove the coverage gap (“doughnut hole”). These changes may affect the creditable coverage status of…

Employee Benefits Market Check Survey: HSA Contribution and Administration Perspectives

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Twenty years after health savings accounts (HSAs) became effective, employers continue to offer them as an option with great frequency (see our October 2023 Market Check Survey for more information). Further, many are also providing an employer…

Employee Benefits Market Check Survey: Employer Strategies for GLP-1 Drugs

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As benefit plan sponsors monitor industry trends, one topic that has grown in popularity the past year is the coverage of GLP-1 drugs (e.g. Ozempic, Wegovy). These drugs were initially developed to help treat Type 2 diabetes. What has emerged…

Employee Benefits Market Check Survey: Employer Perspectives Towards Benefit Offerings

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Over the past four years, it has become increasingly evident that a robust employee benefit package is more valued by employees than ever. Whether influenced by the global pandemic, inflation, skyrocketing pharmaceutical costs, or a decline…

Employee Benefits Market Check Survey: Strategies to Manage Benefit Costs

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At the beginning of the year, we asked companies about their top employee benefit priority in 2024. “Managing costs to meet budget” was the top priority, with 38% of employers indicating this was their leading concern. This is consistent…

Employee Benefits Market Check Survey: Mid-Year Election Changes

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Companies that provide employee benefits to their workforce usually offer an enrollment period every year, allowing workers to purchase new coverages or change/drop coverages they currently have. While much of the benefit selection activity…

Employee Benefits Market Check Survey: Top Benefit Priority in 2024

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Like any other year, 2024 will bring several benefit issues that employers must confront, including escalating costs, new pharmaceuticals and how to cover them, improving engagement in the benefits plan, and an increasingly complex regulatory…

Employee Benefits Market Check Survey: 2024 Medical Cost Increase

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As employers wrap up their health plan renewals for 2024, they grapple with a complex landscape influenced by inflation, the soaring costs of prescription drugs, high-cost claimants, and many other economic and market factors. The persistent…