Healthcare insurance provides access to medical support covering physical and mental health conditions. It can be offered in a variety of ways to employees and, in some cases, to dependents.
Rising healthcare costs are placing significant pressure on benefits budgets – and on the professionals trying to balance them with employee demand, wellbeing targets and company expectations.
The challenge for many organisations is finding the right balance between affordability and a high-quality employee experience, particularly in relation to healthcare benefits.
Future-proof your health strategy with the help of REBA’s new report, Bridging the UK health gap: employer-funded health benefits in a changing landscape, produced in partnership with Mercer Marsh Benefits.
David Bourne, market development leader at Mercer Marsh Benefits, explores how demographic insight, predictive modelling and targeted prevention can pivot benefits from a cost to an investment.
This article is taken from REBA’s Forecasting future health costs: developing sustainable employer-funded health strategies report, which considers how employers can lead through complexity rather than simply trying to contain costs.
