Mona Zilke

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101 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Oct 2019 last heard Oct 2020

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Open Enrollment: Choosing Health Benefits in a Pandemic · 29 Oct 2020 podcast

Your HSA is funded by pre-tax dollars that are deposited into your account, and then they are capped each year by the IRS.

And so for 2021, they are increasing to $3,600 for an individual and $7,200 for a family.

And then individuals that are over 55 are eligible for an additional $1,000 to catch up.

The important thing to know about HSAs is unlike flexible spending accounts, HSAs are not a use it or lose it account, and they're portable, which means that funds stay with you even after you change jobs.

So if you happen to get furloughed or laid off as a result of COVID-19, you can always use the funds to help you pay for qualified medical costs.

Nearly half of US workers don't have or don't know if they have life insurance.

And so group life is an easy and cost-effective way to protect those that rely on your income.

In many cases, group life doesn't require a medical exam for coverage, which is often cited as a barrier for purchasing life insurance.

Often employees can take their group life policy with them if they leave their employer, and your spouse and kids may also be eligible for a policy under your employer.

The group life policy often gives employees access to other programs designed to make difficult decisions much easier, like preparation for funeral planning, travel assistance, or EAP programs that are attached to those policies.

We are seeing a lot more employer groups offer the supplemental benefit coverages.

We have nearly half of our new clients this year have not offered these benefits before.

And so they're realizing the need to really help

retain top talent and offer great benefits for their employees.

And so this is a way for them to do that and help keep their employees covered when these unexpected things happen.

Thanks, JR.

WSJ Your Money Briefing · Open Enrollment: Avoiding Errors When Choosing Benefits · 25 Oct 2019 podcast

I would definitely agree with that, JR.

The benefits time, you know, it's only normally open for a few weeks out of the year.

So it's very important for consumers to understand when that deadline is so that they can spend time before that deadline occurs and

doing research to understand what benefits they should select for the upcoming year.

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