BASE® Viewpoint

Share Your BASE® Story

BASE® HRA clients average over $4,000 in tax savings every year. Just think about that for a minute. $4,000 can go a long way and be put toward many uses.

Are you one of those people that have saved thousands in tax dollars with the BASE® HRA? Or maybe you were able to reduce out-of-pocket and health insurance premium costs with the 125 Cafeteria Plan or HRA+. If so, BASE® would love to hear your story about how it is benefiting you or someone you know.

We always enjoy hearing the success stories from our clients and knowing how they have bettered themselves and/or business. Below are a few recent examples of our clients sharing their BASE® story.

“Enrolling in any of the BASE® products is easy to do. It is essentially a pain free process. BASE® worked with me to design a benefit plan that would work alongside my current group health insurance plan and accommodate my business. The service BASE® provides is phenomenal. Whenever I have a question, I send an email and get a response in a very timely manner. They are also great to speak with on the phone.”

Deb P.

BASE® HRA Client

“The HRA+ has provided an additional benefit alongside our health insurance plan, which has proven to be a valuable tool in retaining and attracting potential employees. The service is outstanding. All business that goes through BASE® is handled quickly while paying attention to detail.

Also, when entering information online for my plan, it is easy to navigate and a breeze to enter the information that I need to utilize my plan.”

Arlan S.

BASE® HRA & 125 Cafeteria Plan Client

Many clients have shared their success stories with us and you can too. If you have a BASE® story to tell, please email us at info@baseonline.com and use the subject line: “My BASE Story.”

Tom Stiles
BASE® - Digital Marketing Assistant

Ordinary to Extraordinary

Each year we have a theme at BASE® and this year our theme is Ordinary to Extraordinary. We try to base all of our yearly activities and contests on the current theme. This is a great theme because it makes you think each day – what can I do today to go from being ordinary to extraordinary?

This year we are trying something new. Each month we have different employees assigned as Extraordinary Motivators. They are in charge of motivating their fellow employees in whatever way they think will work (nothing too disruptive!). This is a change from how we have handled motivating in the past. It used to be the managers trying to keep the motivation level high (managers are still doing their parts in addition to this – they are not slacking!). So far, this has been a success! Employees enjoy the fun provided by their co-workers, the extra competition and the level of motivation has been great!

Now don’t think that all the fun here at BASE® has taken away our focus, I think it has done just the opposite! New ideas on helping customers, better understanding of all departments and a renewed sense of pride have already become obvious.

This is the part of my blog where I would like to call on all of our existing customers to help us and become extraordinary. Since you are already familiar with the savings our products provide, we need your help to get the word out to your friends, neighbors and other business owners in your area.

Referrals we get from you provide us with a continued sense of pride! This tells us you understand the value of what we do for you and that you want to help others realize the same benefits BASE® has to offer.

Don’t forget that we have products to help all types and sizes of businesses. If you know someone who is a great candidate for the BASE® HRA, BASE® 125 Cafeteria Plan or BASE HRA+, contact BASE® today with your referral and see what referrals can do for you.

Go ahead and make the commitment in your business to go from ordinary to extraordinary and see what happens!

Laura Radebaugh
BASE® - Administration/Adjudication Specialist

Making Health Care Affordable for Microbusiness Owners

Foggy, convoluted, complicated, unclear, huge burden, confusion are all words that have been used to describe the current state of health care and new laws. Then when you talk about the cost and when it will actually be considered affordable, at this point there are a lot more opinions rather than factual information.

However, as small business owners living in the moment of running a day to day operation, you don’t have time to wait for things to be more affordable. This comes to mind considering another tax season has come and gone.

Each year as the income tax deadline comes and goes, small business owners find themselves realizing that they could have done more to save additional tax dollars if they would have just been a little more prepared. We see it here at BASE® all of the time – the business owner learns about the BASE® HRA after they have already completed their taxes.

A BASE® HRA allows small business owners to take advantage of an average of $4,000 in additional tax savings each year with just a few additional steps. The best part is that it is very simple to implement this type of plan and isn’t at all as confusing as health care reform.

I think many are familiar with the comedy routine “Who’s on First?”, which I think is safe to say is how we can equate the feeling many small business owners have about all the current changes in how business owners must handle their health care spending these days.

The BASE® HRA is one very simple way you can start making your health care more affordable today! This type of plan has been around since 1954 allowing business owners to deduct medical expenses as a business expense, and has continually proven to save the microbusiness owner thousands in tax savings each and every year. Contact a BASE® Benefit Specialist today to learn more.

Anne Case
BASE® - Director of Marketing & Communications