by US Rx Care | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
As you will recall, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) includes a 100% COBRA subsidy for people who were laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the law, which took effect April 1, the Department of Labor was required to issue model notices that...
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by US Rx Care | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Group health plan insurers are expected to pay out $618 million in rebates to plan sponsors for the 2020 policy year after seeing use of health care services plummet during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to a Kaiser Family Foundation estimate in April,...
by US Rx Care | Jun 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Research has found that employers who offered their workers stand-alone vision benefits experienced $5.8 billion in cost savings in the aggregate over four years due to reduced health care costs, avoided productivity losses, and lower turnover rates. That’s...
by US Rx Care | May 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
As the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel gets brighter, more health insurers are ceasing to offer cost-sharing waivers for COVID-19 treatment. After legislation was enacted in 2020 that required health insurance companies to cover COVID-19 tests and vaccines,...
by US Rx Care | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
As the country and our businesses continue trudging along and hope that vaccines will pave the way out of the COVID-19 crisis, employers are increasingly seeing the effects of pandemic fatigue among their workers. The same issues people are grappling within their...
by US Rx Care | May 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
A new study has found that high-deductible health plans have only a limited effect on the growth of health care spending for people who sign on for these plans. The National Bureau of Economic Research researched HDHPs over a period of four years and found they failed...
by US Rx Care | May 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
The recently enacted American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 includes a 100% COBRA subsidy for up to six months for employees laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic. The subsidy is in effect through September 30. Due to the short ramping up period, it’s imperative that...
by US Rx Care | Apr 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
A new study has identified the top five health conditions that are driving the overall cost of group health plan outlays, and without which spending would actually be falling. The report is enlightening, and employers can use the findings to offer programs aimed at...
