Employers

Employers without Group Plans

Defined Contribution Plans

Learn how defined-contribution health plans (HRAs) can save your company thousands each year per employee over traditional group plans.

Getting Started with Defined Contribution ZaneHRA

Get step-by-step instructions on setting up your own HRA to provide inexpensive health benefits to your employees.

Dental, Vision & Wellness HRA

Encourage employees to stay healthy by offering first-dollar coverage for dental, vision, chiropractic, etc.

Employers with Group Plans

Deductible-Gap ZaneHRA

Save $2000/employee on your group plan by raising the Deductible and adding ZaneHRA and ZaneAMC.

New-Hire ZaneHRA

Save $300-$1,000/month on every new employee by extending the waiting period and offering ZaneHRA to cover the gap in coverage.

Dental, Vision & Wellness HRA

Encourage employees to stay healthy by offering first-dollar coverage for dental, vision, chiropractic, etc.

COBRA-Alternative ZaneHRA

Save money and protect your group plan by offering a COBRA-Alternative ZaneHRA instead of expensive, temporary COBRA coverage.

Retirement ZaneHRA

Save money by giving employees over 40 a financial incentive to opt out of the group plan by offering a Retirement ZaneHRA.

Helping Employees With Preexisting Conditions

Some form of state-guaranteed coverage is now available for employees with preexisting medical conditions in all 50 states, regardless of income.

Testimonials

Read how Zane Benefits has helped other employers.

In the News

CNN Live! on HRAs

CNN

"Individual insurance is by and large the way to go for most people, but most people are clueless about how to buy individual insurance, The big change is that this year a company can give you an allowance and say 'Go buy your own [individual insurance], tax-free, and I'll reimburse you for it.'"

Cut Health Care Costs With Individual Plans

Wells Fargo

"Through HRAs, you can offer 'defined contribution healthcare,' giving your employees a fixed amount of money to buy their own policy," Pilzer says.

Paul Zane Pilzer Checks the Pulse of Healthcare Insurance

MCNews

"Healthcare costs currently exceed profits for the Fortune 500. Why be in business? If healthcare costs go up 15% a year, even if a CEO can improve company profits 12% a year, it's not enough."

Group Coverage Too Pricey?

BusinessWeek

"Workers with serious illnesses will pay more than their colleagues, but business owners no longer have to worry that switching to individual plans will leave some employees uninsured."

Hands On Health Care

Inc. Magazine

"Paul Zane Pilzer, an economist and author of The New Health Insurance Solution, argues that with savings like that, employers should move toward canceling their group policies and encourage all of their employees to purchase their insurance individually."

You Can Provide Healthcare Benefits

Inc. Magazine

"In a defined contribution plan, you provide your employees with a tax-free allowance (contribution) to spend on their own healthcare—at an annual fixed cost that you control. Employees use this allowance to pay for the premium on an individual/family health insurance policy."

For Employers without Group Plans
Dental, Vision, and Wellness ZaneHRA

Attract healthier employees while saving money and offering better coverage

Step 1: Add $1,000-$2,500/year Dental, Vision, & Wellness ZaneHRA with 100% first-dollar coverage for dental, vision, wellness, weight-loss, smoking cessation, co-pays, annual checkup, mammograms, PSA's and other medical expenses. This encourages employees to stay healthy, and can be a big incentive when recruiting healthy employees. Most employees are already spending precious after-tax dollars on these expenses--paying for them through a tax-free HRA adds 50% or more buying power and encourages employees to take action.

Step 2: Encourage Employees to Purchase High Deductible Health Policies and open Health Savings Accounts: This will lower your employees' individual or family health insurance premiums by $1,000-$2,000 per year and use tax-free money to pay under-deductible expenses.

Step 3: Add $2,500-Benefit Zane Accident Medical Coverage for as little as $13.99/month/employee covering all medical expenses in the event of an accident, includng dental, vision and chiropractic. This will cover the larger deductible in the case of an accident at no cost to your employees so they can feel safe. Zane Accident Medical Coverage is allowed under U.S. Treasury rules to offer 100% coverage for accidents without violating the rules for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

Benefits of a Dental, Vision, & Wellness ZaneHRA

  • Employees and new hires get first-dollar coverage for what they need to stay healthy—giving you a competitive edge in recruiting new employees.
  • Employees get the 100% protection they need in the event of an accident.
  • Unhealthy employees pay a manageable amount when they experience an illness but still retain group coverage.
  • Company introduces consumer-directed healthcare where employees reap the savings from their behavior.
  • 100% of employees get wellness, dental and preventative care and $100 Deductible for accidents.