Ask HN: How to provide healthcare for a global workforce
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Through your HR/PEO platform. Ask your HR SaaS customer support team about how benefits work. Most HR platforms launched in the past half a decade like Rippling, Oyster, Remote, Pilot.co, all support some form of healthcare plan management for remote employees.
Have you considered reimbursing your employees per month for their health insurance? For example, they could buy health insurance in their country and you could reimburse them.
Or look into something like SafetyWing Remote Health: https://safetywing.com/remote-health
Or look into something like SafetyWing Remote Health: https://safetywing.com/remote-health
The problems facing a global workforce are complex, and the solutions are not easy. I believe that the best approach is to work collaboratively with other countries and organizations to find solutions.
As an example of what I mean by this, I will look at one specific problem: providing healthcare for a global workforce. This can be challenging because it's hard to know what kind of care is needed in each country without knowing how often people visit doctors or how much they spend on their health care. In addition, all of these factors vary from person to person, so there isn't really a "one size fits all" solution.
Another issue is that many companies don't want to invest in healthcare because they're afraid it won't help them financially if they provide it. However, I think this is shortsighted because it could actually save money in the long run by keeping employees healthy and happy! If someone isn't feeling well or doesn't have access to medical care when they need it, they may take time off work or quit altogether—which costs a lot more than providing healthcare coverage upfront!
As an example of what I mean by this, I will look at one specific problem: providing healthcare for a global workforce. This can be challenging because it's hard to know what kind of care is needed in each country without knowing how often people visit doctors or how much they spend on their health care. In addition, all of these factors vary from person to person, so there isn't really a "one size fits all" solution.
Another issue is that many companies don't want to invest in healthcare because they're afraid it won't help them financially if they provide it. However, I think this is shortsighted because it could actually save money in the long run by keeping employees healthy and happy! If someone isn't feeling well or doesn't have access to medical care when they need it, they may take time off work or quit altogether—which costs a lot more than providing healthcare coverage upfront!
we from croit.io, a 100% remote company, grew a lot in the past years and want to ensure that everyone in our company has access to decent health care.
Now it looks like it's hard to get a good contract thats able to cover countries like the USA but also Venezuela, Bolivia, India,...
I'm happy to hear how others deal with it as well as suggestions where to get a good but affordable health care for our employees.
Thanks in advance!