Healthcare spending by employers is projected to increase 51.1 percent from $1,040 billion in 2017 to $1,571 billion in 2026, reflecting a 4.7 percent compound annual rate of growth. Combined, these three companies have 1.15 million employees and an estimated 2.3 million covered lives. Scale purchasing alone is insufficient to generate a sustainable reduction in healthcare costs.
In this report, we identify the opportunities to enhance employer management of healthcare costs, the need for disruptive strategic leadership and Amazon’s potential technology applications to healthcare.
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