Consumer Driven Health Care

“Coverage of GLP-1s is not necessarily in-your-face obvious. It leads to the conversation of whether we want to pursue weight loss through drug products or something like a wellness program," said Zak Kornblum, Pharm.D., pharmacy clinical director for Marsh McLennan Agency.

Although it may feel premature to start preparing for the next OE season, now is the best time to implement new technology.

The decline in HDHPs is evidence that employee health care is at a crossroads, one that benefits advisors must navigate carefully if they hope to succeed in a fast-evolving landscape.

The program offers more benefits, but using the benefits is not always easy.

Nearly 1 in 5 young adults aged 18 to 29 report they needed to borrow to pay for health care, and similar rates are reported by adults aged 30 to 49.

More than 8 in 10 employers intend to offer employees and their dependents access to lower- or no-cost mental health support through their tele-mental health provider this year, the letter said.