Will HRA’s replace group medical plans?
The Hill
“Employers will be permitted to fund ‘health reimbursement arrangements’ (HRAs) for employees to buy individual market health insurance…. Will employees accept jobs that don’t guarantee them particular health benefits but instead offer defined contributions to an HRA that may or may not be sufficient to buy equivalent coverage on the individual market?
Many employers would love not to have to bear the administrative burdens of running a traditional health plan, and all are looking for ways to keep health costs down. How many will be willing to test the labor market in this way?”
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