Educating employees on defined contribution health care: the time is right for an employee-empowering approach.
There are many indications that health benefits will be transformed into a consumer-driven business. This article discusses multiple reasons for this change and how the defined contribution approach can be applied to health care. The authors discuss the communication challenges that would accompany this approach as well as other issues to be considered.
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D003142:Communication; D003256:Community Participation; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D011209:Power, Psychological; D014481:United States