HCCI’s 2019 HCCUR was featured in a Center for American Progress report on employer- and worker-led efforts to lower health insurance costs.
From the article: “Rising health care prices—not utilization—is the primary driver of the rising cost of commercial insurance.”
Employer- and Worker-Led Efforts To Lower Health Insurance Costs – Center for American Progress
Individual employers have limited ability to negotiate lower prices for their insurance plans. Banding together with other firms or with workers, however, gives them a greater chance of successfully using their combined buying power to obtain fair provider prices.