AXIOS August 15, 2018
Large employers from the Rust Belt to Silicon Valley are turning inward as they try to find cheaper, higher-quality health care, embracing ideas like onsite clinics or direct contracts with specific hospitals.
Why it matters: Employer-based benefits are the backbone of the U.S. health care system. But for all the talk about revolutionizing the system, some of their most popular strategies for dealing with rising health care costs are old ideas that don’t exert much pressure on the system overall.
The big picture: There are ways for big companies to save themselves money by exerting greater and more direct control over their employees’ health benefits. But those potential benefits are already limited and will shrink even more...
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