Earlier
this year, we linked to a Wall Street Journal report that two major employers –
Sears Holding and Darden Restaurants – had
switched to an exchange-based model for their employees healthcare. But is
it wise? Our own chief medical officer, Dr. Ray Fabius, has penned
a guest column for Employee Benefit News tackling
that very question. In it, he writes:
“The logic behind the approach is simple; By
creating a marketplace, employees will be able to comparison shop and insurers
will compete harder to get workers to select their plans, ultimately lowering
health care costs. Unfortunately, the realities of health care consumerism do
not follow simple logic.”
I think healthcare benefits is something that shouldn't be neglected by employers. Employees should be given what they deserve to have or they might lose valuable people.
ReplyDelete-Gwyn Stiles