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With more than 2,400 employers participating in 2018, our annual health benefits survey is the largest of its kind. It is conducted using a national probability sample and results are weighted to represent all US employer health plan sponsors with 10+ employees.
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This year’s results highlight three important trends in employer health program management: balancing affordability and choice, creating a culture of health, and moving from cost-shifting to future-focused strategies.
While many consumerism strategies have been effective in stabilizing cost growth, they have also created affordability issues for some employees. But employers are now working to refine their consumerism strategies to make them work better for all employees.
Employers have a key role to play in transforming the healthcare marketplace into a more rational and efficient system. Those that are investing in changes are seeing progress.
Employers see building a culture of health as a top priority. By promoting workforce health, employers have the opportunity to manage cost without shifting cost.
Take a deeper look at some of our survey findings when you download our survey insights summary. This executive summary gives you a glimpse into the analysis of findings you can expect to receive when you buy the full report.
Senior Partner, National Leader for U.S. Health Policy, Mercer US H&B
Director of Employer Research, Mercer US H&B
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