As health care costs and the associated premiums continue to rise, many employers are turning to HSA/HDHP combinations to bring costs under control while still providing valuable benefits to their employees.
Advantages to employers include:
Please see our Employer Benefit calculator to estimate your potential savings.
Consider how this employer could benefit from offering an HSA/HDHP plan:
A small employer with 100 employees currently contributes an average of $700 per employee per month toward their health care premiums. His total annual cost is $840,000.
The employer decides to offer an HDHP with a $3,000 annual deductible, paying a premium of $400 per employee per month. The employer also contributes $167 per month to each employee’s HSA.
Because of this plan, the employer could save $133 per employee per month. Meanwhile, employees receive employer contributions of $2,000 per year into their HSAs, greatly reducing the deductible risk.
In this case, the employer saves $159,600 annually while still providing valuable benefits to his employees.
1This is only an example. Actual results will vary.
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