- How To Choose The Right Assisted Living Facility
Choosing an assisted living facility is a big decision. Whether you decide for yourself or a loved one, you want to find a new home that meets all your clinical, financial, and lifestyle needs
Choosing an assisted living facility is a big decision. Whether you decide for yourself or a loved one, you want to find a new home that meets all your clinical, financial, and lifestyle needs
read more - Health Savings Account Balances, Contributions, Distributions, And Other Vital Statistics, 2021
New analysis of over 13 million health savings accounts finds balances increasing in 2021
In an analysis of its Health Saving Account (HSA) Database that was published today, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) found that, despite health care expenditures increasing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, average HSA balances increased during 2021. In fact, the majority of accountholders contributed more than they withdrew, which helps to improve…
read more - Driving Consumer Adoption Of Digital Health Solutions
Examining ways to increase consumer health technology adoption, improve outcomes in U.S. health care
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® today released expansive research that examines the state of the U.S. consumer health technology ecosystem and offers recommendations for health companies and providers to increase adoption of digital health solutions.
read more - Improving Long Term Care
Complementary standards address the need for high-quality services and safer environments
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted long-standing issues in Canada's long-term care (LTC) sector. In early 2021, Health Standards Organization (HSO) and the Canadian Standards Association (also known as CSA Group) were called upon by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) to develop two complementary long-term care standards. HSO's standard focuses on the delivery of high-quality long-term…
read more - What Employers Say About The Future Of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Employers “paternalistic” about employer health insurance
In a new research report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) that examined conditions that might lead employers to offload provisions of health benefits found employers often view themselves as “paternalistic” and wished to make it easier for their workers to get affordable health coverage.
read more - Majority Of Plan Sponsors Considering Buyouts Of Retiree Life, Medical Obligations
Nearly nine in ten plan sponsors considering the transfer of all or some of these liabilities to insurers
In the coming years, a significant majority of plan sponsors are considering transferring some or all of their retiree medical and retiree life insurance obligations to an insurance company. Eighty-eight percent of plan sponsors reported that they are considering a retiree medical buyout and 84% note they are considering a retiree life buyout, according to…
read more - Disrupt Disparities: Older Adults Struggle To Age In Place
Housing, transportation shortages present significant challenges
Older rural New Yorkers are struggling to age in place due to a dearth of affordable and accessible housing, while many older adults who no longer drive or don't have access to public transportation or privately owned vehicles face numerous challenges in obtaining rides to such essential services as medical appointments and grocery stores.
read more - How Has The Pandemic Reshaped Local Economies And The Way We Work?
The great reshuffle drove significant population migration from states in the West and Northeast to the South and Midwest – resulting in high levels of new business growth in those areas
Yelp Inc., the company that connects people with great local businesses, today released its first Remote Work Report, revealing how the shift away from office-centric locations transformed local economies, as well as Yelp’s own workforce since the onset of the pandemic.
read more - Inheritance Discussions Are Worth the Effort for Advisors
Difficult conversations are crucial to effective wealth transfer
Effective wealth transfer is a common goal of affluent investors, yet bequestors face numerous challenges to fulfilling this objective in both the short and long terms.
read more - It’s No Longer Your Parents’ Retirement
How workers’ need for lifetime-guaranteed income may drive more Americans to consider annuities
The goal of a successful retirement is to have enough guaranteed income to cover basic living expenses and not have to worry about running out of money for the rest of your life.
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