Can An Employer Make Its Unvaccinated Employees Pay More for Health Insurance?
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October 22, 2021
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Edward Fensholt, Lockton
Many employers are wondering about the extent to which they can incent employees and their dependents to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by adjusting medical plan eligibility, modifying medical plan premiums payable by employees, and/or excluding coverage of treatment of the coronavirus where a plan enrollee chooses not to receive the vaccine and then contracts the virus. Below we list our thoughts on what’s permissible and what’s not, and our view on best practices.