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Benefits Communication Growing in Importance and Difficulty
Organizations identify their top challenge with benefits communication as participants not opening/reading materials. Despite challenges, benefits communication remains a high priority for most respondents.
Promoting Retirement Saving? Accentuate the Positive
Rarely does a day pass when there isn’t a news headline decrying how few people are saving for retirement, and among those who are saving, most aren’t saving enough.
Dust off Your Running Shoes: Participate Virtually in the 2nd Annual Camphill Village 5K
Join us virtually and run any place of your choosing by simply selecting the “Outside Camphill Village” race location option when registering. Registration is available at camphillvillage5k.org.
Benefit Communication: Losing Can Be a Winning Strategy
In fact, most studies indicate losses are twice as powerful, psychologically, as gains. People are highly motivated to avoid what they consider a loss.
How employers can step up benefits communications efforts
The below article is from Employee Benefit News, written by Andrew Brickman, on April 11, 2017.
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Four Ways to Make Sure EOBs Do Explain
Have you ever tried to make sense of health care bills after a serious illness? Did you fantasize about marching into your insurance company president’s office, handing him or her a box full of EOBs and demanding a real explanation of your benefits?
Health plan communications put too much focus on bills and fees
The below article was posted by benefitspro.com on March 29, 2017 and was written by Marlene Y. Satter.
Retirement Planning Testimonials Beat Eye-Popping Data
One of the challenges of being in the benefits field is persuading people to take action. We want them to participate in an annual health risk assessment, exercise, get their children vaccinated, save for retirement . . . the list goes on and on.
House Passes Bill to Protect Access to Affordable Health Care Options
Press Release from Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwomen Virginia Foxx on April 5, 2017.
Tap Into Data for Tailored Benefit Communication
Tailoring pension and benefits messages by age or generation is a good first step toward helping plan members make better decisions. But that may not go far enough.
How to Get Employees to Use Their Preventive Care
Preventive care is vital to keep your employees healthy. They stay healthy, you save on health care costs—It’s a win-win for employees and employers.
Saving Private Health Insurance
The biggest gamble in the House health-care bill is whether it includes enough reform to arrest the current death spiral in the individual insurance market.
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Healthcare is complex and costly. In Healthcare Uncensored we address questions that are going unasked or unanswered and discuss the trends and issues having the most impact on employee benefits.
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