Health Care

The Biggest HSA Changes in 20 Years: What Employers Need to Know for Now and 2027

2026-09-10T12:22:16-04:00September 10th, 2026|2026, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance & Benefits, Small Business Health Insurance|

If you offer a health savings account, or you have been thinking about it, the rules just changed more than they have in two decades. A federal law signed in July 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, reworked [...]

Before You Accept Your 2027 Renewal, Understand Your Own Numbers

2026-09-08T10:46:19-04:00September 4th, 2026|2026, Health Care, Insurance & Benefits|

If your health plan renews on January 1, the real work starts now, not when the renewal letter lands. The paperwork may be a month or two away, but the fall is when a prepared business owner starts digging [...]

How to Lower Your Health Care Costs Without Cutting Coverage

2026-08-26T09:30:51-04:00August 26th, 2026|2026, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Health Savings Accounts|

You cannot control every part of what health care costs. Premiums climb, drug prices rise, and most of that happens well above your pay grade. But a real share of what a health plan spends comes down to choices [...]

Big-Company Benefits for Small Businesses, Through a Trade Association

2026-07-13T10:53:43-04:00July 13th, 2026|2026, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Small Business Health Insurance|

Health coverage, compliance, and real support for trucking, construction, landscaping, oil and gas, automotive, and trade businesses with five or more vehicles on the road. Every year the renewal shows up, the number is bigger, and the coverage is [...]

Tick Bites Are Up 25% This Spring. Here’s What New England Employers Need to Know.

2026-05-27T17:27:59-04:00May 27th, 2026|Health Care, Safety Tips|

The CDC isn't known for alarming headlines, so when the agency issued a warning in late April that emergency room visits for tick bites are at their highest level since 2017, it was worth paying attention. Compared to the [...]

Employee Benefits for Landscaping Companies: How to Offer More Without Paying More

2026-05-19T09:45:20-04:00May 18th, 2026|Employee Benefits, Health Care, Small Business Health Insurance|

Running a landscaping business means managing crews, equipment, fuel costs, and a labor market that makes keeping good people harder every year. Employee benefits sit at the top of that challenge for most owners. Health insurance, especially. The problem is not [...]

Why Your Best Benefit Plan is the One Your Team Actually Uses

2026-04-27T16:03:30-04:00April 27th, 2026|Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance & Benefits|

The goal of any benefits package is to provide security and value. Yet, in many businesses, employees feel more confused than supported. When your team doesn't understand their coverage, they don't value the investment you're making. Nowadays, the most [...]

The AICC Claims Approach for Our Members: Faster Response, Better Control, Stronger Outcomes

2026-04-15T15:02:06-04:00April 15th, 2026|2026, ACA Compliance, Health Care, Insurance & Benefits, Workers Compensation|

In the automotive, roads, fuel, or fleet industries, a workers’ compensation claim can affect more than one employee. It can disrupt production, strain supervisors, pull attention away from operations, and create unnecessary costs if it is not handled well [...]

GLP‑1 Drugs and Employer Health Plans: What Plan Sponsors Need to Know

2026-03-05T09:57:22-05:00March 5th, 2026|2026, Health Care|

Below is an informational overview but is not legal advice and employers should always consult their own counsel and advisors before making plan changes. Employers are being asked more and more about GLP‑1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and [...]