Employee Health Insurance Benefits

To some, employee health insurance benefits may seem optional, but in a country where a single trip to the emergency room can cost you a year's salary, these benefits are increasingly becoming necessary. Since the year 2000, the number of uninsured Americans has increased by nearly seven million. At this point, almost one-sixth of the entire country does not have any health insurance benefits (46.6 million people).

In fact, nearly double that number of individuals spent part of recent years without health coverage at some point or another. These gaps in benefits and changes in plans can make health insurance issues a nightmare for both employer and employee. Employer-based health insurance benefits are on a steady decline and are at the lowest they've been in more than 10 years.

Procuring Cost Effective Employee Health Insurance Benefits

It's not that employees don't want coverage. Often times, it's that employers can't afford to offer it, or employees can't afford their share of the contribution. A full one-third of companies in 2004 didn't offer health insurance benefits because of the related costs, and 42 percent of those employees who were offered insurance didn't take it because of the cost.

At The Boon Group, we offer realistic employee health insurance benefits at a low cost. Working with industry leading providers, we give you ultimate choice in plan design and implementation. No longer will your company have to offer outdated or expensive plans to your employees. We'll work with you to meet your budget needs and to make benefits cost effective for your employees. Just contact us to get started.