Employee group health insurance and group benefits can be confusing for employers, especially with recent changes in California law regarding health care administration. It’s more important now than ever before for employers to fully understand their insurance responsibilities and use that information to help formulate a team medical coverage and employee benefits plan that makes sense.
Taylor Benefits is an independent healthcare protection specialists’ broker, which means our interest is in finding you the right benefit programs that work for you, not simply selling you a product. We are not only here to help you find the best collective health protection options for your Sacramento business, but also to answer your questions and provide guidance along the way.
Taylor Benefits provides a broad selection of employee benefits and team health insurance solutions. We work to design a custom benefits package that’s specifically geared toward your business’s healthcare protection needs and employee expectations, both from a benefits perspective and a financial one.
If you provide medical coverage to your crew members as per his or her expectations, it can help your business lower turnover and leave them in a positive state of mind. After all, the staff is the most valuable asset for any organization. Among Sacramento group and employee benefits, we provide you with the following options.
Sacramento CA Large Group Health Insurance Packages
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that large employers offer health insurance to their workforce. The plan must meet affordability and coverage standards for the business to comply with the mandate. Affordability means the premium the subscriber pays can’t exceed 9.61 percent of their gross income for individual coverage. Also, companies must design the program to cover sixty percent of the expenses anticipated for a typical subscriber. That sixty percent coverage qualifies the plan as a bronze tier plan. The employer can offer multiple packages with different costs and scopes, but at least one must meet the standard.
Plans that charge a higher premium should cover more expenses so that the employee can pick the one that best suits their needs. For example, someone who expects to be a high-demand user of services could choose a silver tier plan that has a higher premium but pays a more significant percentage of the costs.
Large companies are looking for ways to continue offering this high-quality insurance while keeping the costs down for their crew members. Some companies are providing high deductible plans, which may come with an option for a health savings account (HSA) if the deductible is in line with the IRS requirements. These packages are a good way for subscribers to pay for medical costs using pre-tax dollars.
Sacramento Small Business Health Protection Programs
Small companies (which the ACA defines as having under fifty workers) can offer health insurance, but it’s optional. However, if they do, the plan must meet the ACA requirements. Some small businesses take a more straightforward approach to health care costs by offering a Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (QSEHRA). However, it’s important to note that if the company has medical coverage or a flexible spending account (FSA), it can’t also provide a QSEHRA.
With a QSEHRA, each business decides how much it can contribute to the employee’s accounts. But if a company has a QSEHRA, it must offer it to every worker. When the workers’ pay for their health care costs, they submit their expenses to the QSEHRA for payment. If a company contributes to an account and an employee doesn’t use the entire amount, the business can either keep the money or roll them over for future usage.
Employee Benefits Plans and Staff Incentives Packages
In addition to health insurance and paid time off, companies want to include other benefits their workers want in the benefits program. Talk to your Taylor Benefits Agency representative to get the most out of your benefits expenditures. We can help you evaluate the elements of a package that will resonate with your workforce without blowing the budget.