Take Command Health

06/19/2026

Clients are asking harder questions about benefits.

💸 How do we manage rising costs?
🍎 How do we offer more choice? 🍊
🌎 How do we design benefits for a workforce that is distributed, mobile, and harder to serve with one traditional group plan?

That is where brokers and Benefits Consultants have an opportunity to lead.

One of the biggest takeaways from Benefits Without Boundaries is that flexibility is not just a benefits trend. It is becoming a strategy conversation. 🚀

The shift toward defined contribution benefits changes the role of the advisor. Instead of only comparing group plan options, brokers are helping clients think through cost predictability, employee choice, market fit, and the support employees need when choosing coverage.

That is a higher-value conversation.

Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs) are one model employers are evaluating as they look for more flexible ways to offer health benefits.

The opportunity is to help clients understand when the model makes sense, how to design it well, and how to support employees through the change. 🙋

If your clients are asking about flexibility, choice, and cost control, this is a conversation worth leading.

What are the tough questions you are hearing today? Drop them in the comments!

06/17/2026

Benefits Blueprint - This week’s topic: 👉 What Message Resonates the Most with Decision Makers

Everyone talks about the importance of benefits.

But what actually lands in the room?

This week on Benefits Blueprint, here’s what benefits consultants are seeing in real conversations with employers.

Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q04lLW2R0

06/17/2026

👹 One-size-fits-all benefits are getting harder to defend.

Today’s workforce is distributed, multi-generational, mobile, and asking for more flexibility in how they access healthcare.

📚 New research from 1,000 employees shows a widening gap between what employees expect from their benefits and what many employers are offering.

So how should HR and benefits leaders respond?

Join Take Command, Oscar Health, and an independent analyst from KFF on June 18 for a candid conversation on designing benefits for flexibility and turning research into actionable strategy.

Speakers include Take Command CEO Jack Hooper, Andrew Reeves from Oscar Health, Matt McGough from KFF, and moderator Lynn Gresham from Employee Benefit News.

Benefits Without Boundaries: Designing for Flexibility

Thursday, June 18 | 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT
Register here: https://hubs.la/Q04lJ5sM0

Join us for a candid, panel-style conversation that turns the 2026 State of Employee Benefits research into actionable design choices for HR leaders, benefits managers, and broker consultants.

06/16/2026

Big news for brokers advising ICHRA clients around Catastrophic Plans!

CMS just finalized ACA marketplace rules for 2027, and one change deserves more attention: expanded access to catastrophic health plans.

These plans have existed since the ACA began, but access has historically been limited to adults under 30 or people who qualify for certain exemptions. Starting in 2027, CMS is expanding hardship exemption eligibility, giving more consumers a pathway to enroll in catastrophic coverage.

What that means for your clients:
— Lower premiums than many bronze, silver, or gold plans
— Still no premium tax credits
— Higher deductibles and out-of-pocket costs
— More need for employee education during plan selection

This is where your advisory role matters.

Some employees will be drawn to the lower premium without understanding the full trade-off. For healthier employees, HSA users, or people mainly looking for protection from major medical costs, catastrophic coverage may be worth considering. For others, it may not be the right fit.

Take Command is working with carrier partners to bring the full lineup of off-exchange catastrophic plans into the 2027 experience.

Jack breaks it down in under 3 minutes. Worth watching before renewal season hits.

06/11/2026

Benefits Blueprint - This week’s topic: 👉 Take Command as a Partner

Strategy is one thing, ex*****on is another.

That's why the right ICHRA partner makes or breaks the experience.

This week’s Benefits Blueprint highlights what benefits consultants actually value when choosing who to work with.

Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q04l4YHw0

06/03/2026

Benefit Blueprint - This week’s topic:
👉 If You Haven’t Explored ICHRA

The responses are honest.

There’s a growing divide between those leaning in. Don’t get left behind.

This week on Benefits Blueprint, here’s what ICHRA expert benefits consultants would tell you if you’re still on the sidelines.

Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q04jCH2J0

05/29/2026

🚨 Webinar Alert🚨

The conversation around benefits is evolving, and so is the strategy behind them.

Join our upcoming webinar with Lighthouse Research & Advisory as we break down the data, discuss what employees are really asking for, and explore why individualized health benefits are becoming the future of employer-sponsored healthcare.

Bonus: attendees can earn 2.5 SHRM | HRCI credits.

🎫Register here: https://hubs.la/Q04jmGCv0

Prefer LinkedIn? Join the event on LinkedIn here:
https://hubs.la/Q04jmSMg0

05/28/2026

Traditional, one-size-fits-all benefits aren’t cutting it anymore. Today’s workforce is distributed, multi-generational, and expecting more flexibility from employers.

Join us for “Benefits Without Boundaries: Designing for Flexibility,” a webinar with EBN featuring our Founder and CEO, Jack Hooper, Andrew Reeves, the General Manager of ICHRA at Oscar Health, and Matt McGough, MSPH Policy Analyst, Program on the ACA with KFF as we unpack insights from the 2026 State of Employee Benefits research and what HR leaders, benefits managers, and benefits consultants should do next.

Save your spot today: https://hubs.la/Q04jbsSx0

05/20/2026

This week’s Benefits Blueprint topic:
👉 How to Position ICHRA

Because this is where deals are won or lost.

How you frame it matters.

This week’s Benefits Blueprint breaks down how benefits consultants are positioning ICHRA, and what’s resonating right now.

Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q04hfsmt0