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Trending: Fewer Spouses Covered on Employee Benefit Plans
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans [IFEBP] Link to more items from this source
June 14, 2018

"In 2016, ... 15.7% of responding health plan sponsors imposed spousal surcharges or exclusions. Data from the 2018 survey, not yet released, shows 20.1% impose a surcharge or exclusion.... [A 2017 survey] shows 27% of companies used a spousal surcharge in 2017, with an additional 5% planning to do so in 2018 and another 14% considering a surcharge for 2019.... [In December 2017 a third survey] reported nearly 30% of its survey participants are imposing a spousal surcharge in 2018, up almost 10% from the previous year."  MORE >>

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