Business Group on Health

Register now for the Business Group on Health 2025 Annual Conference April 22-24, 2025, in Nashville. Our premier event is a ‘must-attend’ for employers and partners looking to embrace new strategies, tackle rising costs, enhance employee well-being, and more. This year's agenda will cover innovative ideas and bold solutions reshaping the health and well-being landscape, including: * Alternatives to traditional health plan models * Evidenced-based connections between employee well-being and business performance *How artificial intelligence is transforming health care benefits and delivery Sign up today to connect with forward-thinking employers turning new ideas into results. https://lnkd.in/eAZk5hjB

For more than 70 years, employer-sponsored health coverage has provided affordable, high-quality, and accessible care, today covering nearly 165 million Americans. This investment – by employers and employees – has n̳e̳v̳e̳r̳ been taxed. These long-standing tax-free employer-sponsored health plans and programs serve as the financial foundation of our entire health care system. Keeping health care coverage tax-free is crucial to maintaining stability, quality, innovation, access and affordability of employer health plans and the health care system. Business Group on Health looks forward to engaging with the 119th Congress and the incoming Administration of President-Elect Trump to ensure that vital employer health and welfare plans and programs can continue supporting America’s employees and their families. In continuing this conversation, we wish to be unequivocally clear – the Business Group is highly concerned and opposes proposals to alter the tax treatment of employer-sponsored health plans and programs, including deductibility or tax-free status. In our view, making employees and/or employers pay tax (of any type or configuration) on the value of their health care and coverage would be destructive and result in increased costs for employees and employers, reduced purchasing power of health care dollars, curtailed health care access and delivery, increased administrative burdens and reduced investments in innovation. Policymakers should instead focus on other meaningful reforms that build on the value and strong foundation of employer health plans. Among the Business Group’s policy priorities, we urge policymakers to focus on enhancing competition, transparency, and affordability in ways that complement and support employer health care plans – which, in turn, helps ensure that the health care system works better for all Americans. Members read our letter here: https://lnkd.in/ePmh8df7

Suicide claims over 700,000 people each year, many of whom are active in the global workforce. For employers, there is a very real financial and operational toll that untreated mental health issues bring to the workplace - $50 billion in annual costs and 68 million lost workdays. In our latest podcast, Dr. Dan Reidenberg, Managing Director of the National Council for Suicide Prevention, discusses how employers are uniquely positioned to positively impact suicide prevention and postvention, by fostering a culture that reduces stigma and provides access to care. Tune in now. https://okt.to/8K6DgA

Registration is officially open for the Business Group on Health 2025 Annual Conference! This “must-attend” event is where employers and industry stakeholders come together to: 🔷Explore innovative approaches in health care cost and delivery, well‐being, and workforce strategy 🔷Hear from top industry experts shaping the future of health care 🔷Build a network of like-minded leaders committed to addressing the most timely health and well-being trends and pressing cost drivers Attendees will leave equipped with fresh ideas, actionable strategies and a renewed commitment to driving positive change for their organizations. For more information and to register: https://okt.to/vHWt3i

We extend our heartfelt condolences to everyone at UnitedHealthcare during this difficult time. Brian’s leadership and vision have left a lasting impact on the health care industry. Our thoughts are with his family and colleagues.

Health care costs, vendor accountability and the impact of the 2024 election are among the health and well-being Trends to Watch in 2025, Business Group on Health has announced. Other top trends include employers’ addressing escalating pharmacy spending; reassessing well-being programs; continuing to focus on mental health; helping employees navigate services; and effecting meaningful change in health care. https://okt.to/0dtakS

More than 1 in 3 U.S. counties are not properly equipped to provide adequate maternal care—leaving millions of birthing people stranded. In our latest podcast, Dr. Amanda Williams from March of Dimes reveals how these maternity care deserts are impacting maternal health—and what employers and others can do about it. Learn how digital solutions, community resources, value-based care models and policy reforms can improve pregnancy outcomes. https://okt.to/8LY3pQ

What does the 2024 presidential and congressional elections mean for employer-sponsored health plans? Read our latest blog article on the potential regulatory changes that could affect your benefits strategies and how Business Group on Health continues to advocate for the employer-sponsored system. https://lnkd.in/edkvEdXf

Save the Date for the Business Group on Health 2025 Annual Conference! Join us from April 22-24, 2025, in Nashville, TN, to discuss the evolving health care landscape and explore trends in cost and delivery, well‐being, and workforce strategy.

Employers in aggregate are the largest payers of health care, yet are often sidelined from the crucial conversations around health care policy and delivery. In our latest podcast with Paul Keckley | The Keckley Report, we learn how employers can and should elevate their voice in these conversations. Paul asks and answers the question, “Are employers ready to move from the back bench in U.S. health care?” by highlighting three core actions for employers that will improve health care access and delivery. Tune in now. https://okt.to/ltG6oA #healthcaredelivery #healthcarecosts #employeebenefits