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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of equal access to healthcare. Here are a few things your company can do to create a good benefits package that promotes equity in healthcare.

Financial well-being has been on the decline in the post-pandemic world. Here are a few great ways to bolster your financial wellness programs and help reverse that trend.

Reference-based pricing can help employers attract the right talent, save time and money, and mitigate risk. Reference-based pricing can partially replace — or even bolster — a traditional network health plan. Let’s look at how this approach works and why it’s so valuable.

‘Seasonality’ affects healthcare spending annually, with people waiting until after they’ve met their deductibles to get the care they need. Unfortunately, there are consequences to that behavior. When people delay care due to financial concerns, their health outcomes can be worse.

Medical debt is a significant problem in the U.S., where consumers carry an estimated $140 billion in medical debt. From consumers to employers to hospitals and health systems, this bad debt poses a litany of issues throughout society.

Narrow network health plans are an affordable — and increasingly popular — option for insurance. As the name would suggest, they limit coverage to a narrow network of physicians, specialists, and hospitals. Here’s what you need to know about them.