Tuesday 18 February 2014

Corporate Health Insurance and Its advantages

One of the major problems that employees face when working for small organizations is that they are hardly provided decent corporate health insurance coverage.  But these days, health insurance policies have become really affordable and providing health insurance coverage as part of benefits is easier than ever.  These days, employers can buy corporate health insurance plans at a discount and the costs can be spread out among the members of the group or the employees in the organization.  Generally, corporate health insurance policies are far less expensive that individual or private health insurance plans.

The company wouldn’t disclose how much it spends on health benefits or how much the change would save, or what part-timers pay for their insurance, Hornbacher said. 

Most part-time workers cannot afford the health insurance premiums “offered’ by Target, Trader Joes and other retailers. Most will be better served with America’s Affordable Health Care Act – except in republican states who refused to expand medicaid.
The Affordable Care Act created new government-run health insurance exchanges to sell coverage to uninsured people, often with premiums discounted by federal subsidies. It disqualifies Americans for subsidies at the exchanges if they have an offer of “affordable” coverage from their employers, defined as an insurance premium less than 9.5 percent of their income.
Target plans a one-time $500 payment to part-timers losing coverage and a consulting firm will help those workers sign up for new Obamacare plans. It said on its website that many part-time workers may prefer coverage from the health law’s exchanges, and that by offering them insurance, “we could actually disqualify many of them from being eligible” for subsidies.
Coverage for Target employees who work fewer than 30 hours will end April 1, the company said. Open enrollment for 2014 under the Affordable Care Act closes a day earlier.
If you are a small business owner of if you are thinking whether or not a corporate health insurance plan will be suitable for you, here are some of the benefits that you can consider.
* If you have a corporate health care plan, you will be able to decrease risks as well as the company’s liability.
* Having a corporate health care plan can help boost morale of the employees and this will encourage them to perform.  Basically, this will show that the employer is concerned about the health and well being of the employees.
* When the employees are provided with a good working environment and great benefits, they will be happy and the company will see its productivity increase.
* As an employer, you will be able to rest assured in the knowledge that the employees have access to good medical care in case anything happens to them.
* By having a corporate health care plan, the company will be able to attract more skilled and qualified employees.
* Small businesses suffer a lot when something happens to one of the members of the group.  The whole business suffers when an employee takes few days off work due to medical conditions.  To reduce the number of sick days among the employees and to ensure that they have access to medical care when they need it, it is a good idea to have a heath insurance plan.
* This kind of insurance plan is cheaper than an individual plan.  Also, corporate insurance is less risky for insurance companies than individual or private insurance because the risk is spread out among a number of people.
* In a number of cases, the employer will be able to pick up all or a portion of the corporate insurance premium. This will make corporate insurance even more affordable.

Most small business owners know that to be successful, it is important for them to offer incentives to their employees.  Incentives can be anything, but one of the most important things that every person looking to join an organization looks for is corporate health insurance plan.  A corporate health insurance can be purchased by any organization that has a minimum of two members and a maximum of fifty members.  Generally, there are two ways a business can offer health insurance to the employees.

Depending on the budget, the organization which provides health insurance to the members can help contribute towards the cost of the coverage.  Secondly, if the employees want coverage for their families as well, the employer may pay the premium for the employee and the employee can take care of the premium for the family.

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