Jane Cooper
Employees need to think like consumers of health care
How does the lack of transparency impact the success of the strategy? As U.S. health plan premium increases continue to outpace inflation, employers have shifted costs to employees, offering them difficult choices such as:
Health care trends to watch for in 2011
While the debate between private sector and government control will rage on in Washington, D.C., the marketplace and its consumers will be most impacted by increasing costs and, in some cases, reduced access.