Benefits Education

When WEX conducted its annual consumer healthcare survey in mid-February, coronavirus was a blip on our radars. Just a few weeks later, a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases brought the country to a halt. This made many of our questions...

Healthcare during retirement seems far away for many HSA or 401(k) accountholders. Retirement planning usually means daydreaming about where you’ll live — Florida or a cabin in the woods, anyone? But data shows that the healthcare expenses we’ll have in...

The pre-tax benefits your employer offers their employees are a huge perk, allowing you to save money to cover a variety of everyday expenses. Two keys to maximizing your savings potential are understanding which plans are right for you and...

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been monumental. Many employers have quickly mobilized their workforce to work from home to do their part to flatten the curve. And even some heartwarming stories have emerged about people bridging social distance...

Good news for Americans struggling to manage high healthcare costs: As flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) become more mainstream, they are also getting more convenient to use with every passing year. Along with the rise in...

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are a savings and investment go-to account for healthcare consumers. But it wasn’t always that way. HSAs have only been around since 2004. Because these accounts are so new, employers and employees are still developing habits...

Ask more than 2,000 privately insured adults for their perspectives on their healthcare benefits, and you’re bound to get a range of opinions. But you would also likely find two common themes: dissatisfaction with the rising cost of healthcare and...

Digital health technologies are becoming ever more popular with young, tech-savvy consumers, who are using them for everything from step tracking to personal genetic testing. But the rate of adoption is much lower for seniors—which is a shame, because older...

By Feb. 1, the average American had already given up their well-intentioned New Year’s resolution. According to one study, we most often fall off the wagon because we lack the self-discipline to stay on track (per our own assessment), are...

Since we’re in an election year, the healthcare benefits marketplace is more under the microscope but also less likely to change in any dramatic way. The changes that do occur will be on the ground level, so to speak—in the...