"The
typical small
business owner
won't have the expertise to navigate
this." – MONICA VOMASTIC, owner of Landmark Staffing in Appleton
program, not all the changes Hanson has seen in the last 12 to 24 months look good for Wisconsin health. "More and more small employers
are saying they can't afford the premiums and are discontinuing their coverage,
need maternity coverage can oſten get cheaper coverage on their own than through a group plan, she says. One landscaping client dropped its group coverage, which was costing $25,000 for 12 employees. Three got good inexpensive coverage but others couldn't get private coverage so they went into Wisconsin's high-risk pool. They will have more choices under
Healthy young people who don't "
the ACA, which allows employees to move out of employer plans and buy through an exchange. Since January, all Aon employees
deciding to discontinue their health coverage but compensate employees by giving them a certain sum to buy their own insurance.
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have had to buy their insurance through a private exchange the company set up to see how the concept works. Aon might offer its private exchange to clients in competition with public exchanges. "We expected a lot of confusion, but it was fairly simple," says Morris.
"Aon created some tools to help people make good decisions – a short list of questions and the tool helped guide us to reducing the number of choices."
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