A Health Insurance Exchange is a new marketplace that offers health insurance and coverage options to individuals, families, and small employers. An Exchange will offer a choice of insurance plans and provide information to help you understand what plan best fits your needs.
BY AMANDA MCGRORY
October 26, 2011
In an effort to keep health care costs down and encourage better usage, the Affordable Care Act includes a provision that requires preventive care to be offered free of charge. While that may sound good in theory, some benefits experts do not buy into this “free” health care.
Nearly eight out of 10 employees said the benefits package offered by their company is one of the reasons why they work there, according to the 2011 Mercer Workplace Survey, a proprietary research program. Even more, 91% of employees said getting health benefits through their company is just as important as their salary. Companies have “an opportunity to position their benefits program as a differentiating strategy,