Keckley Report October 9, 2018
The future for employer-sponsored health insurance coverage is a mixed bag. The good news is that employees value these benefits, and employers play a more significant role in health system transformation.
The bad news is, employers’ traditional benefits strategies might not be enough to control costs while keeping their workforce healthy and happy.
Arguably, of the three major catalysts that control coverage for healthcare — Medicare which covers 56 million, Medicaid which covers 63 million, and employers who cover 181 million — employers have the most leverage in reshaping the healthcare landscape.
Last week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released its 2018 Employer Health Benefits Survey. The headline results were these:
The majority of employers provide health benefits:...
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