Containing Health Care Costs

We’ve had a couple of people ask about spousal surcharges and carveouts in the last week, so I thought it might be a good topic for a blog post. There are a few ways to reduce cost in your [...]

I covered level funding in a post last year:  https://www.millbrookbenefits.com/level-funding-could-save-you-money/, but the topic keeps coming up with clients as a potentially viable solution to [...]

On October 12, 2017, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury to look into the possibility of using health reimbursement [...]

One of the biggest cost drivers with the increasing cost of health care is the cost of prescription drugs.  I’ve had a couple conversations recently with Zach Jones from ScriptSourcing, and [...]

In a previous post, I suggested four questions for your CFO or CEO if he or she wants to start to get control over health care costs:  [...]

Almost every employer wants to reduce, or at least control the cost of their health care plan. Do any of these statements sound familiar? “Your health plan is going up by 12% this year.” “Trend [...]

One of our clients recently got a 30% rate increase for their health insurance renewal, so I asked the insurance company to explain how they came up with that number.  With 60 eligible employees, [...]

We’re always on the lookout for ways to contain health care costs.  In today’s interview, we have Adam Hodge of freshbenies, a unique company that has several offerings to help reduce [...]

Every year, we meet with our larger clients about midway through the plan year to begin preparations for the next group insurance renewal.  When I ask about goals and objectives for the upcoming [...]

Businesses all over the country are searching for answers and different ideas to help contain the cost of health care.  Wellnet is a company with a pretty different approach, and I’m [...]