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Patel said employees could expect paycheck deductions for health coverage to rise 6% to 7% on average in 2026, as their share of the premium typically increases proportionally with overall plan cost.

Of companies polled, 45% said they are applying pay differentials as a premium or discount to either a baseline/single pay structure or individual pay, and 24% create separate base pay structures for different geographic locations.

Workspan Daily article; As open enrollment season for employer-paid healthcare approaches, many total rewards (TR) leaders are challenged with delivering tough news — including rising premiums and reduced coverage — while encouraging employees to engage with their benefits.

Access a bonus Workspan Daily Plus+ article on this subject: ;Health Insurance Selection Checklist for Employees; The report, based on a poll of 2,011 privately insured U.S. adults aged 21 to 64 years old, found that most working Americans had a solid understanding of coverage basics, such as premiums (86%) and deductibles (82%).

Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangements A QSEHRA is a health benefit plan that allows small businesses (those with less than 50 employees) to provide tax-free reimbursement for healthcare expenses like insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs.

The guidance reminded that only overtime required by the FLSA (and only the “half time” overtime premium) qualifies for the deduction.

Mike Lee recently introduced the Fairness for Stay-at-Home Parents Act, a bill that the Republican lawmakers say would “close a loophole” in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by exempting new parents from paying back health insurance premiums to their employers in situations where those employees choose not to return to work (temporarily or permanently) after maternity or paternity leave.

To lower costs, the WTW survey found : ;73% of employers plan to carve out pharmacy benefits over the next few years ; ;51% expect to adopt plan design or network strategies that steer employees to lower-cost or higher-quality providers, sites of care ; ;34% of employers plan to shift costs to employees through premium contributions ; ;2 7% would consider a smaller PBM (pharmacy benefit manager) that offers alternate pricing models. ; ; Ihrke also offered these strategies to help employers respond to rising overall healthcare costs : ;Modernize plan offerings to optimize high-performing healthcare delivery strategies, coupled with options that meet individual needs from affordability to savings. ; ;Evaluate vendor partnerships by conducting analytic performance reviews, audits and marketing to identify the best financial optimal partners to meet objectives . ; ;Prioritize micro-strategies for the key cost drives balancing attraction and retention.

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