suffer. 1  to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering. 2  to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss: One's health suffers from overwork. 3  to undergo a penalty, as of death: The traitor was made to suffer on the gallows. 4  to endure pain, disability, death, etc., patiently or willingly.
A standard benefits package usually includes varying degrees of health coverage, a 401(k) plan, and a few fringe benefits. One thing to keep in mind: to receive a competitive rate on all health plans and to be able to participate in a 401(k) plan, a company must have at least five employees. Health Benefits.
Prior to the law's passage, we saw a race to the bottom, with insurers cutting benefits to lower premiums, says Shana Alex Lavarreda, Ph.D., director of health insurance studies for the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. The essential health benefits set a standard for insurance. Anything below that is not true health insurance.. These changes are welcome news to people ages 50 to 64 â especially the 9 million uninsured in that group, as well as the 4 million who buy health insurance on their own.