MedCity News June 17, 2025
To deal with rising costs, employers are leveraging high performance networks, variable copay plans and exclusive provider organization plans.
Employers are already struggling with rising healthcare costs in 2025, and early signs suggest these challenges will persist — potentially worsening in 2026, according to Tracy Watts, senior partner at consulting firm Mercer.
And it’s getting to a point where employers may have to start shifting costs to employees, she added.
“According to our survey data, for the past several years, [employers have] really tried to hold off on shifting costs to employees, because I think everybody’s super sensitive to the affordability issue,” she said. “But I think that’s going to be hard going into 2026. So the renewals, your initial...
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