New Survey Projects Higher Employee Health Premiums

NYTimes featuring, Andy Webber:

“If we played our cards right, I don’t think we should need to cost-shift,” said Andrew Webber, president and chief executive officer of the National Business Coalition on Health, which includes some of the nation’s biggest employers as members.

Employers need to provide stronger incentives for workers to use primary medical care and preventive health care services.

“I don’t think employers are doing their jobs,” Mr. Webber added. “We should be getting aggressive. They need to sign up to fill out the health risk assessment and if you are chronically ill, you will have to automatically enroll in a disease management program.” Read the full post...