Healthcare Strategy - Painting over the cracks

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Moving from blindly buying PMI to defining a healthcare strategy will stabilise company health plans. Rachel Riley explains.

Traditional PMI was once a perk that changed to a benefit and is now arguably a luxury. There surely cannot be a company or employee benefit consultant who doesn’t want to reduce their healthcare costs without giving away any benefits. But continually stripping and sanding down an old, warped door before painting it with a shiny new coat does nothing to disguise the fact that it is out-dated, worn out and not fit for purpose. Now is the time for forward-thinking companies to progress beyond the insanity that is tweaking excesses or touting their business around the market in the ho...

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