Survey on Health & Benefit Strategies for 2026 

In our latest survey, we delve into the strategies employers are implementing as they face a third year of elevated health cost growth. This year more employers are making plan design changes that shift cost to employees than we’ve seen in recent years. However, concerns about healthcare affordability remain, and over a third of large employers have implemented alternative medical plans that seek to control cost by steering employees to quality, cost-efficient health providers — and may also offer more affordable coverage.