A healthcare cost expert says self-insured employers need to prepare for the impact now.

Consumers identify health care at the center of the affordability crisis, above food, rent and utilities. Affordability remains a concern for people with various types of insurance, from individual market plans to employer-sponsored insurance.

Caroline Pearson, the executive director of the Peterson Center on Healthcare, told federal regulators that, if they want employer plans to do a better job of posting complete sets of detailed data in a standard, well-structured format, they should push providers to send employers better data.