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As the industry turns towards value-based health care, comprehensive health and wellness benefits are becoming a “need to have” rather than a “nice to have.” However, with a multitude of health and wellness tools and initiatives, employees are increasingly looking to their employers for education.

According to a recent survey from Maestro Health, 62 percent of consumers do not feel their employer serves as a resource for their health care-related questions. Employers are uniquely situated to empower employees to take control of their health and benefits, but will require a comprehensive, targeted engagement strategy to do so.

Here are a few ways employees can begin to engage with their employers in order to get the most out of their health care benefits:

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