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Most employers, and their advisers, are insane — at least according to Albert Einstein’s definition, which is “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
Every year they approach their largest organizational expense after payroll, health benefits, in the same old fashion, with little to no data to support increased costs or help improve the future; no plan to actually lower future claims; and full reliance on their insurance carrier to help lower cost.
Lester J. Morales is founder and CEO of Next Impact, as well as creator of the transparent health benefits movement.
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