What Employers Want For Employee Health Care

Once again, Business Group On Health has delivered a survey full of valuable insights for health care executives. I came away with two big takeaways after reading the 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy And Plan Design Survey.

First, employers are concerned about the physical health and mental wellbeing of their workforce—and the health care costs of that workforce—in the post-COVID economy. And second, employers think that the priority for employees' mental health issues is to have prompt access to services.

Why do these concerns matter? Because employers provide insurance for approximately 49% of Americans (see How . . .