The U.S. Department of Commerce has reported that out of every ten small businesses that are created, only two remain after ten years.1 And while a 20% survival rate can be scary enough to deal with, so can employee benefits costs, mainly, healthcare.
Healthcare costs continue to skyrocket across the board. And while big companies and small businesses continue to struggle to keep costs low, it's usually small businesses that get hit the hardest. Healthcare costs continue to rise, sometimes with double-digit increases every year.
But that doesn't mean there aren't options available. Recently, more light has been shed on additional options to help small businesses save money and still offer healthcare.
Several options exist to help small companies reduce costs. One of the most popular is encouraging employees to get individual health insurance. Instead of you, the employer, subsidizing a large percentage of it, the cost of healthcare is shifted to the employee. And on average, individual premiums are less expensive than those of group plans.
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