New Law Expands Benefits for Employers and Employees
Signed into law on July 4, 2025, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” delivers sweeping changes aimed at enhancing employer-sponsored health and welfare benefits. This landmark legislation includes several provisions that are particularly favorable to employers and employees, making many pandemic-era measures permanent and introducing new tax-advantaged options.
Among the most significant changes is the permanent reinstatement of telehealth relief for High-Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs). Effective retroactively to January 1, 2025, HDHPs can now permanently cover telehealth and remote care services before deductibles are met, without jeopardizing employees’ Health Savings Account (HSA) eligibility. This also applies to standalone telehealth services outside of the HDHP. (more…)