At a recent Pacific Business Group on Health forum, one large employer said after seeing tens of millions of dollars a year spent on healthcare, she could not point to any improvements in employee health. Sadly, this is reflective of the purchaser experience across the country. It is easy to get discouraged about the state of healthcare in this country as costs continue to go up, and widespread quality and health improvement seem elusive.
I’m frequently in Washington, D.C., and while there have been glimmers of hope for meaningful policy intervention, as industry interests pushback on change, it looks increasingly unlikely that we will get to any meaningful solutions.
