More Small, Midsized Firms Choose To Pay Workers’ Medical Costs Directly

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)

Instead of buying a health insurance policy to cover their workers, a growing number of small and midsized companies are opting to pay their employees’ medical claims directly, a potentially riskier practice financially called self-insuring, a recent study found. Continue reading article here….

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