Build Equity Into Your Employees’ Health Benefits

INARF Associate Member, Nonstop Administration & Insurance Services, Inc., shares how ​you can build equity into your employees’ health benefits.

The converging crises in 2020 shed light on the lack of access to affordable healthcare for Black and Brown peoples and persons from economically marginalized communities. We all witnessed the crippling compound effect of health inequity shouldered by economically distressed communities - nonprofit leaders responded in turn.

​Employee Health Benefits in a Pandemic
One major area where health inequities still exist in the workplace is in employer-sponsored health benefits plan design. Traditional insurance plans—premiums, copayments,deductibles and coinsurance—frequently create barriers to care. They also can exacerbate inequities in healthcare by inhibiting the use of services - such as primary care - that benefit health and wellbeing.

Indiana employers that are truly committed to DEI as a workplace priority have an opportunity to reevaluate their employee health benefit plan and make adjustments to overcome these barriers by considering a first dollar coverage plan design. 
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This recently published executive guide, co-authored by INARF’s Associate Member Nonstop Administration & Insurance Services, Inc. and Nonprofit HR, guides leaders through a series of deliberate and purposeful steps and presents recommendations on how to build equity into your employee health plan design. 

Download this executive guide to understand:

• Why health equity is a foundational pillar for correcting pervasive inequities and eliminating disparities within the workforce;
• How leaders can take deliberate and intentional steps to address health inequity within their own organization;
• Uncover how to redesign your health plan with first-dollar coverage to reduce costs and improve benefits for your employees; and
• Immediate employer recommendations in four health benefits topic areas: education, health benefits coverage, planning and partnerships.

Traditional approaches to employee health insurance have been failing the Indiana workforce since before the challenges of 2020 began. It’s time for that to change. 

Take action to build equity into your employee health benefits. 
To explore Nonstop’s innovative first dollar coverage plan design, email Leslie Ellis at lellis@nonstopwellness.com to schedule an introductory call.