Dec. 27--Lake Metroparks and the Lake County Board of Commissioners are using self-funded plans to blunt the budgetary impact of steep increases in premiums for employee health insurance. Kenneth E.

With a self-insured health plan, your employer pays for your medical claims directly. With a fully insured plan, an insurance company pays claims on behalf of an employer. Both fully insured and ...

Goodroot, which represents numerous companies, has announced the launch of Sola Health, which offers self-funded health plans to employers. While Sola serves groups of all sizes, their primary focus ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Today, about 37% of covered workers are enrolled in fully ...

U.S. employer health care costs are projected to rise 9.5% in 2026, exceeding $17,000 per employee, the global professional services firm AON recently reported. This marks the third consecutive year ...

Consultants and health plan startups are redefining health coverage by creating innovative self-funded solutions that tackle rising costs and gaps in traditional plans. These new models combine ...

As health care costs and employer-sponsored insurance premiums rise year after year, the burden on both employer and employee grows more onerous with little relief in sight. A recent survey of 1,700 ...

We are sometimes asked whether a self-funded group health plan is required to cover gender-affirming medical services. As this post explains in detail, it is generally impracticable for a self-funded ...

Conroe ISD is facing a $13 million loss in its self-funded insurance plan, prompting trustees to consider a change in how the district provides employee health coverage. Chief Financial Officer Karen ...

Can an employer offer a different level of medical benefits to certain segments of the employee corps? What if the benefits plan is a self-funded plan under section 105 of the Internal Revenue Code?

City Comptroller Brad Lander has approved the Adams administration’s contested new self-funded health plan for municipal workers after determining the contract met all procedural requirements, his ...