How Medicaid Redetermination Impacts Gig Economy Workers
Now that the pandemic-era rules requiring continuous Medicaid coverage are ending, as many as 15 million Americans are at risk of losing access to health care coverage as states begin eligibility redeterminations.
One Company’s Trick to Getting 95,000 Hours Back? Canceling Meetings
With unnecessary work meetings abound, Stride has a solution. See why Stride was featured in the Wall Street Journal for our alternative to excessive meetings.
Our Portable Benefits Future is Here. Who Will Write the Rules of the Road?
Providing benefits like health insurance through employers no longer makes sense when nearly half of working Americans have multiple jobs — rather than a single, full-time job — and a growing number are doing part-time work, gig work, or freelancing.
Affordability Education Gap Is No. 1 Barrier to Increasing Independent & Gig Worker Health Coverage Rate, Per New Stride Health Survey
According to a new Stride survey, affordability is the biggest barrier in getting independent workers to enroll in health coverage. Here's what else to know.
The Future of Portable Benefits is Here... and It’s Not Just for Gig Workers
The old employer-based benefit model isn’t working: It provides little choice for workers, is too cumbersome for employers, and is too static for an economy that depends on dynamism. The fix? Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs) for all types of workers. Read what our CEO & Co-Founder Noah Lang has to say about this solution:
"Schumer-Manchin Deal" protects our hardest-working Americans, while stabilizing healthcare markets
With inflation driving record-high prices on other necessities like gas and groceries, the Schumer-Manchin Deal will help us contain rising healthcare costs for essential workers, entrepreneurs & small businesses. Our CEO and Co-Founder Noah Lang shares his perspective on how.
Benefits in the US are broken. We just raised $47 million to fix them.
We’re thrilled to announce that Stride Health has raised a $47 million Series C from Mastercard, Allstate and King River to power our next phase of growth and build a new benefits system for individuals. (This story is about our vision. You can read more about our raise today in Business Insider and Forbes.)
Uber breaks new ground: Proposes paying for "Freelancing with Benefits"
Today Uber announced a proposal that gig platforms be required to pay for benefits for independent workers, that platforms guarantee occupational accident insurance for workers hurt on the job, and that government include those workers in anti-discrimination laws. In a New York Times OpEd this morning Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi stated "Uber is ready, right now, to pay more to give drivers new benefits and protections."