§  For Teams · smarter benefits strategy

Stop choosing between expensive insurance and scary insurance.

Gabriel helps employers pair a smarter lower-premium insurance plan with proactive wellness support, care navigation, and serious-event deductible protection employees can actually understand.

§  The problem

Most companies overpay, and employees still feel undercovered.

Richer plans raise premiums and paycheck deductions. Leaner plans save money but create deductible anxiety. Gabriel creates a third option: efficient insurance underneath, useful care support on top.

01. Employees

They pay more every year and still avoid care.

Employees feel paycheck deductions immediately. Then they hit confusing deductibles, narrow networks, denied wellness care, and no one to tell them what to do next.

Lower paycheck pressureWhen the base plan is structured efficiently
Less deductible fearSupport when serious medical events happen
More useful careWellness dollars for proactive care insurance ignores
02. Employers

They are stuck between premium inflation and employee anxiety.

Buying the richest plan is expensive. Buying the cheapest plan feels risky. Gabriel lets employers redirect premium waste into a benefit employees can feel every month.

Controlled spendDefined contributions, capped wellness rules, clear reporting
Better recruiting storyInsurance plus a care concierge and wellness support
Less HR burdenGabriel helps employees understand plans, benefits, and next steps
03. The structure

Insurance handles risk. Gabriel handles everyday healthcare.

The base plan stays responsible for regulated major medical coverage. Gabriel adds the missing layer: navigation, booking, benefits help, wellness dollars, and deductible-shock support.

Major medical underneathACA or existing employer coverage remains separate
Proactive care on topSupplements, labs, peptides, gyms, coaching, and more
Human guidanceEmployees know what is covered, where to go, and how to book
§  Why the stack works

Turn premium waste into proactive care employees actually use.

For young healthy teams, the goal is not to buy the richest possible insurance plan. The goal is to protect major medical risk, reduce deductible fear, and spend more of the benefits budget on care people use before they get sick.

01 · Base coverage
60%
Bronze plans cover roughly 60% of expected covered costs across a typical population
Metal tier is cost-sharing, not doctor quality
02 · Safer default
70%
Silver plans cover roughly 70% of expected covered costs and can reduce employee anxiety
Often a practical small-business default
03 · Wellness layer
$600+
Monthly Gabriel wellness benefits can support proactive care insurance usually refuses
Amounts and eligibility depend on tier and plan design
04 · Serious events
$0+
Gabriel can help protect employees from deductible shock in serious medical events
Structured by employer rules and reviewed benefit design
05 · Take-home pay
Less
Lower-premium base plans can reduce employee paycheck deductions when structured correctly
Depends on employer contribution and local plan options
06 · Plan literacy
One
Employees get one care concierge to explain benefits, routes, providers, and next steps
No more benefits PDF as the employee experience
07 · Reimbursement
48h
Employees can submit eligible receipts through Gabriel and get reimbursed fast
Designed for modern wellness care, not paper claims
08 · Budget control
Cap
Employers can define contribution levels, wellness allowances, and deductible-support rules
More controllable than simply upgrading everyone to Gold
§  Three ways to structure it

Use Gabriel with the insurance posture your company already has.

Some teams use Gabriel to make lower-premium ACA plans feel safer and more useful. Others keep existing group coverage and add Gabriel as the wellness, benefits, and concierge layer.

A

Efficient base plan plus Gabriel

ACA / ICHRA-compatible support

Choose a smarter lower-premium Bronze or Silver plan, then add Gabriel so the plan does not feel cheap or risky.

Insurance handles compliant major medical coverage. Gabriel adds plan guidance, wellness benefits, reimbursement, care coordination, and deductible-shock support in serious events.

Insurance roleMajor medical risk
Gabriel roleEveryday care layer
Best base plansBronze / Silver
GoalLower waste, less fear
Includes
ICHRA-compatible ACA enrollment support
Benefits guidance and plan education
Wellness dollars for proactive care
Deductible-shock support in serious events
Care navigation, booking, and reimbursement
Best for  ·  young healthy teams  ·  startups and small businesses open to defined contribution
B

Existing insurance plus Gabriel

No plan change required

Keep your current group plan, but stop pretending the insurance card is the whole employee healthcare experience.

Gabriel sits on top as the wellness, benefits, and concierge layer. Employees use Gabriel for plan questions, provider routing, proactive care, and eligible wellness reimbursement.

Insurance roleStays in place
Gabriel roleUseful care support
Employer controlSubsidy or full sponsor
GoalMore felt value
Includes
Insurance benefits guidance
Eligible wellness balance per employee
Keeps current insurance untouched
Care concierge and provider booking
Reimbursement workflow for eligible care
Best for  ·  any size  ·  teams keeping current insurance but wanting a better employee experience
C

Custom employer benefits layer

For larger or more complex teams

For teams with more complexity, Gabriel can be configured around your broker, benefits counsel, carrier, or existing plan design.

Use Gabriel as the front door for member experience: plan literacy, care navigation, benefits routing, proactive care, and reporting while your underlying infrastructure stays intact.

Plan designCustom
Wellness rulesCapped by employer
ReportingUtilization + spend
GoalMore control
Includes
Custom contribution and eligibility rules
Broker and benefits-counsel coordination
Employee education and onboarding
Monthly utilization and spend reporting
Benefits Vault and plan guidance
Best for  ·  larger teams  ·  employers with broker-led or custom benefits strategy
§  For your people team

A cleaner benefits experience for HR and employees.

Employees should not need a benefits PDF, a carrier portal, and a Slack thread with HR to figure out what to do. Gabriel gives them one place to ask, book, route, and get reimbursed.

01Benefits guidanceEmployees can ask what is covered, where to go, and what to do next
02Care navigationGabriel helps find providers, book care, and keep records organized
03Wellness utilizationTrack eligible wellness support without running a manual stipend program
04Cleaner rolloutEmployer rules, contribution strategy, and onboarding are explained in plain English
05Less HR triageGabriel handles the questions that usually bounce between employees, carriers, and People Ops
§  How rollout works

Make the strategy simple enough for employees to trust.

The rollout has to make one thing clear: insurance still protects major medical risk, and Gabriel makes the everyday healthcare experience easier, more useful, and less wasteful.

Step 01

Design the stack

We review your current plan, workforce, contribution strategy, and risk tolerance. Then we recommend whether Gabriel should sit on top of existing coverage or pair with a more efficient base plan.

Plan review
Contribution model
Benefit rules
Step 02

Explain the why

Employees learn the simple model: insurance for major medical risk, Gabriel for plan help, proactive wellness support, booking, benefits guidance, and reimbursement.

Employee education
Plan literacy
Deductible support rules
Step 03

Launch Gabriel support

Employees can text Gabriel for benefits questions, plan scans, provider routing, care coordination, wellness reimbursement, and next steps before they pay cash.

Benefits Vault
Care navigation
Receipt workflow
Step 04

Review and optimize

Your team sees where employees are using Gabriel, what questions keep coming up, and where benefit design can be improved before the next renewal cycle.

Utilization report
Renewal insights
Benefit strategy
Insurance · major medical risk
Gabriel · everyday care experience
Employer · controlled spend
Employee · less confusion
The goal is not to make insurance more complicated. The goal is to make it less wasteful. Insurance should protect employees from major medical risk. Gabriel should help employees stay healthy, navigate care, and use benefit dollars on the things that actually keep them out of the hospital.
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Gabriel Care for Teams Benefits strategy for modern teams
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