New Players Take the Field: How Private Employer Healthcare Could Mean More Focus on People

Depending on which side of the gurney you find yourself, the U.S. healthcare system can be simultaneously viewed as either a modern-day gold rush or an impossible financial burden. In large part, this is because humans have been displaced by business objectives as the focal point of healthcare.

If you’re seeking some sign of restored equilibrium between massive healthcare corporations (59 of the S&P 500 companies are healthcare-related) and the individuals they are meant to serve, there’s an inkling of real change, growing out of an unlikely corner… other massive corporations.

I’ll explain, but first let’s marvel at the scarcely-conceivable size of the healthcare economy. Already the most expensive system in the world,...

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