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Employer-sponsored coverage (spouse's employer's insurance)

My employees are on their spouse's work insurance. A common speed bump for employers considering a reimbursement plan is understanding how employees that have medical insurance coverage through a spouse's employer will benefit. This is called employer-sponsored coverage. The most common example: employees having coverage through a spouse. There are two "types" of major medical insurance: Individual: meaning it is purchased by a person, an individual, as opposed to an organization. Individual coverage can cover an entire family. "Individual" refers to the purchaser. Individual insurance follows the individual, it is not tied to employment. Group: meaning it is purchased by an organization and offered to employees of the organization. Group coverage follows the organization, when one leaves the organization the coverage does not follow. All group coverage is sponsored by an "employer" or organization. Most employers offering group covera