The employer cannot continue to be held accountable for plan design and cost while simultaneously trying to compete effectively in the world market. We need a platform to allow for more choice for all employees, and we need to also include entrepreneurs and the self-employed. We need to provide portable health care coverage for employees. I happen to be in a company that offers a lot of choice. But that is unusual.
Many large employers have only one plan because they re trying to leverage their total volume.
Because of the increasing number of uninsured. Benefit professionals should assume a leadership role in designing and communicating the reforms needed to make possible the individual consumer market. I m watching what s happening at our shop with the explosion of the Internet. Consumers can enter information about what s important to them in the purchase of health care, and a consolidator will put the information together and bring consumers back three quotes that meet what they re interested in. Sounds pretty exciting.