HMP Global October 2, 2024
Many believe our current health care system is expensive, complicated, and dysfunctional; some may describe it as broken. The “system” may need overhauling, but that is a tall statement, given that most issues result from various sub-industries attempting to advance technology, improve the quality of care, and optimize clinical outcomes independently. As a result, the US health care system spends far more on health care than other high-income nations while scoring poorly on many critical health measures, including life expectancy, preventable hospital admissions, suicide, and maternal mortality.
In this issue, our Transformative Employer Trends column (page 43), Vogenberg discusses how employers react to current health care trends as they implement their 2025 health benefit offerings. Current benefit coverage policies and...