Employees are ditching benefits for their own health apps

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  • Key Insight: Discover how employees are bypassing employer benefits to build personal digital health ecosystems.
  • What’s at Stake: Reduced program ROI and retention risks if benefits remain inflexible and irrelevant.
  • Forward Look: Prepare for demand for flexible wellness allowances and a la carte benefit models.
    Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

Most employees are bypassing employer-sponsored programs and benefits and instead building their own ecosystem of digital tools, oftentimes at their own expense, a new survey revealed. 

Jimmy Nesbitt
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Jimmy Nesbitt is a reporter at Employee Benefit News, where he covers the evolving landscape of workplace benefits, healthcare, retirement, financial wellness and related policy issues. His career … Read full bio


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