Health insurance benefits are keeping a third of workers from quitting

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The Policygenius annual survey found a third of employees stay put because of their coverage. In a trend being dubbed the “Great Resignation”, health insurance benefits are holding about one in three workers in their current positions. The coverage is important enough to workers that they stay where they are instead of changing workplaces. The survey showed that 33 percent of full-time and part-time workers would be very or somewhat likely to quit their current jobs soon if it wasn’t for their health insurance benefits. Furthermore, over one quarter (26…

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Washington insurance companies must wave coronavirus testing deductibles and copays

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The state’s insurance commissioner ordered insurers not to charge policyholders for that service. Washington’s Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered insurers not to charge coronavirus testing deductibles and copays for policyholders who need it. State residents who need to be tested will not need to pay for any part of that test. Kreidler initially announced the new coronavirus testing coverage requirement at a news conference last Thursday. He stated that insurance companies would not be permitted to charge their customers deductibles or copays when the policyholder needs to be tested.…

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