What if an employee who has a Health Access Plan leaves his or her employer?
Health Access Plans provide individual coverage and are portable — meaning the individual can take the plan with him or her. Since the employer is not paying the premiums, an employee doesn’t have to lose coverage. • How can payments be made for Health Access Plans? A convenient payment method is to set up payroll deduction (List Bill). The entire premium is deducted from each employee’s paycheck and the employer remits one consolidated check to Assurant Health. There are no fees for this service. The other methods of payment are monthly Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) from an individual’s checking account, credit card (first payment only in most states), and direct billing (paper mailed bill). • Can an employer contribute money toward the individual plan for employees? No. The employer cannot contribute to the monthly premium in any way. • Can employers purchase a Section 125 plan with individual medical insurance to pay part of the employees’ premiums? Employee premiums cannot be pai
