Employers want to continue to offer health benefits to their employees, but would prefer a more price conscious plan that allows their employees to be engaged in their own health care. More companies are moving towards consumer directed health plans.
“…the main finding from recent analysis by Aon Hewitt. The vast majority of large and mid-size U.S. employers — 94 percent — say they’ll continue to offer health benefits to their employees in the next three to five years, but almost two-thirds plan to move away from a traditional “managed trend” approach to one that requires participants to take a more active role in their health care planning.”
“Jim Winkler, chief innovation office the U.S. Health & Benefits practice at Aon Hewitt, says that private exchanges are an “increasingly attractive option” to organizations that want to offer employees health care choice while lowering future cost trends and lessening the administrative burden associated with sponsoring a health plan.”
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