If you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period, you can get dental coverage with your new health plan. Note: You canât buy a dental plan from the Marketplace unless youâre enrolling in a Marketplace health plan at the same time. Note: Under the health care law, most people must have health coverage or pay a fee. Dental coverage is optional, even for children. So you don't need it to avoid the penalty. In the Health Insurance Marketplace, you can get dental coverage 2 ways: as part of a health plan, or by itself through a separate, stand-alone dental plan.
Typical benefits for a $50,000 salaried employee include life insurance, which cost $150, and health coverage, which cost $2,000 to $3,000 for single persons and $6,000 to $7,200 for families, says Joseph Hadzima, Jr., a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management.
In April 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that employer costs for employee compensation averaged $29.71 per hour, with wages accounting for 69.6 percent and benefits averaging 30.4 percent of the total employee cost.n April 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that employer costs for employee compensation averaged $29.71 per hour, with wages accounting for 69.6 percent and benefits averaging 30.4 percent of the total employee cost.