{"id":13849,"date":"2024-12-24T07:33:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T07:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/?p=13849"},"modified":"2024-12-24T07:33:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T07:33:13","slug":"healthcare-costs-surge-employers-seek-solutions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/healthcare-costs-surge-employers-seek-solutions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare Costs Surge: Employers Seek Solutions 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"><strong>Rising Healthcare Costs Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"-mt-1 [li&gt;&amp;]:mt-2 list-disc space-y-2 pl-8\">\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Largest cost increase in a decade expected<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">5.8% increase projected for 2025<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Third consecutive year of 5%+ increases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"><strong>Key Cost Drivers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"-mt-1 [li&gt;&amp;]:mt-2 list-disc space-y-2 pl-8\">\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Growing chronic conditions<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Rising condition acuity<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Pharmacy expenses, especially specialty drugs<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">GLP-1 medications impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"><strong>Employer Response Strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"-mt-1 [li&gt;&amp;]:mt-2 list-disc space-y-2 pl-8\">\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Reevaluating PBM relationships<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Seeking efficient point solutions<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Focus on comprehensive programs<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Targeting prevention and wellbeing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising Healthcare Costs Impact Largest cost increase in a decade expected 5.8% increase projected for 2025 Third consecutive year of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/healthcare-costs-surge-employers-seek-solutions-2025\/\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">Continue Reading <i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[551,550,553,110,558,554,552,556,555,557],"class_list":{"0":"post-13849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-distilinfo-originals","8":"tag-chronic-conditions","9":"tag-employer-benefits","10":"tag-glp-1-medications","11":"tag-healthcare-costs","12":"tag-healthcare-vendors","13":"tag-pbm-relationships","14":"tag-pharmacy-benefits","15":"tag-preventive-care","16":"tag-solution-fatigue","17":"tag-specialty-drugs","18":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13851,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13849\/revisions\/13851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}