Future health cost forecasting is essential to sustainable health strategies

Developing a sustainable and resilient employer-funded health strategy is the central theme of REBA’s third report on the UK health gap, in partnership with Mercer Marsh Benefits. Find out how to elevate health strategies from operational necessity to strategic differentiators that forge resilience.

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Traditional, reactive benefits models that are driven by cost containment and claims thresholds are no longer fit for purpose, finds REBA’s Forecasting future health costs: developing sustainable employer-funded health strategies report, in partnership with Mercer Marsh Benefits.

Employers must pivot toward proactive health strategies that blend demographic insight, predictive modelling and targeted prevention. The report outlines how this layered approach can transform benefits from a cost centre into a long-term investment in workforce productivity.

It highlights that, in a landscape defined by constant policy shifts and evolving health challenges, employers can’t afford to stand still when it comes to creating a sustainable and resilient health and wellbeing strategy.

Download this 12-page report to discover:

How to respond to external policy shifts without undermining benefits
Ways to anticipate and forecast future health costs by leveraging demographic data and health indicators
The need to balance cost-containment with long-term value by leveraging insights, prevention and interventions.

“We at REBA feel passionately that reward and benefit leaders are uniquely placed to close the UK health gap,” explained REBA’s content director Jo Gallacher. “By designing for equity, forecasting with precision and communicating with clarity, we can turn health benefits into a lever for long-term workforce resilience.”