Dallas, Texas Small Business Owners with Subchapter S and LLC forms of business may choose whether or not to be included in their company's group health plan. This gives the small business owner a bit of extra flexibility in determining their own and their company's health plan. In some circumstances, this extra flexibility can lead to lower insurance premiums for the TX small business owner.
Its geting really hard for businesses in Dallas Texas to find affordable group health insurance for their employees, and part of the reason is because health care is so darned expensive.
The problem's been getting worse, but now there is a looming financial decision that Dallas County public officials must make that could make matters worse or better.
We raise the question that elected officials have so far been afraid to raise. Now that the question has been asked, let's hope brighter minds in the community seek out and weigh alternatives.
Dallas, Texas has one of the highest rates of uninsured in the United States. And the rate is highest among small businesses. This post is not to comment on the reasons for this, which have been well-documented: affordability, the availability of an excellent public hospital for indigent care, a higher than average rate of non-citizen residents, etc.
Mr. Jason Roberson in the Dallas Morning News "mailed in" a front page business section article today about higher group health insurance rates for businesses nationwide. Gosh, higher nationwide rates for health insurance hardly constitutes "news." Here's the scoop on what is actually happening with Dallas Fort Worth group health insurance rates, and an action plan for North Texas businesses who are motivated to do something about it.
This is the second in a series of posts to help answer one of the most frequently asked question from employees and employers in the Dallas, Texas area: "Which hospitals are in my my Dallas group health insurance plan's network? "
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Are you a do it yourselfer? Dallas area businesses can take a similar approach with their group health insurance plan and pocket big savings and still offer good benefits to their employees. There's no need to change insurance companies, because you can do this with your existing Texas group health insurance carrier.
This is the first of a series of posts to help answer one of the most frequently asked question from employees and employers in the Dallas Texas area: Which hospitals does my Texas group health insurance plan consider "in network"?
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It is hard to find affordable health insurance in Dallas Texas. Medical insurance rates have doubled in the last six to seven years, and annual rate increases continue at more than twice the inflation rate.
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