Employers Identify Barriers To Private Exchange Adoption

Although employees are reporting positive experiences with private exchanges, most employers remain tepid about adopting one, saying significant barriers still deter them from implementing a private exchange-based health care benefits model.

More than two-thirds of employees using a private exchange say they’re satisfied or more satisfied with the benefits they selected from the exchange compared with their previous plans, yet less than half (45%) of employers say they have implemented or plan to consider using a private exchange for full-time employees before 2018, the Healthcare Trends Institute says in a new whitepaper.

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