Catherine (Kathryn) Dill
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683 appearances
15 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2020
last heard May 2022
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And so those concerns about costs are big for employees this year.
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What we're seeing is that workers are pretty concerned about how to pay for their health insurance.
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At least from the employee side, we're seeing a lot of economic anxiety, which is leading a lot of people to choose higher deductible plans.
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They know that a higher deductible can be a challenge, but they're also concerned about the regular cost to their paycheck.
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And a lot of them also are looking to be able to take on a health savings account.
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We're also seeing a lot of people with dependents who've lost jobs that are bringing them onto their own insurance.
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And so those concerns about costs are big for employees this year.
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No, while costs are continuing to go up, what employers are really prioritizing here is providing employees with stability.
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The majority are planning not to make any changes, not to raise deductibles, premiums, co-pays.
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They are really looking at those core benefits, health insurance, dental, as places where they can provide, they can minimize stress for employees in an otherwise extremely stressful year.
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You know, heading into this year, Zanga's benefits manager was looking at implementing a new gym benefit and a few things that were going to be really useful to people before the pandemic.
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And then once the pandemic hit, he really had to pivot and they introduced, they expanded a crisis backup child and elder care benefit.
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They waived some co-pays through the summer, some other co-pays through the end of the year.
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He fast tracked a global mental health support program that they had been planning to implement in 2021.
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It took effect November 1st.
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They also started looking at what are some of the, you know, what's some of the fallout of working from home going to be and anticipating some back injuries, some neck injuries.
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They're implementing a musculoskeletal benefit for next year.
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It's always a big challenge for employers to communicate to their employees the array of benefits that are available to them.
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It can be complicated.
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It can be boring.
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