employer playbook

How HR Leaders Can Be Agents of Health Plan Change

As the trajectory of health plan costs continues to escalate, human resource leaders play a pivotal role in restoring balance between healthcare affordability and employee wellbeing.

This playbook includes frameworks, diagnostics and real-world signals to identify where affordability is breaking down. It guides HR leaders through a step-by-step approach for change:

Championing healthcare affordability as a workforce strategy
Collecting and analyzing baseline cost data
Recognizing environmental drivers
Assessing employee sentiment
Bringing the case for change to the executive suite

Becoming the catalyst for change isn’t about making the next renewal easier. It’s about helping executive leadership see affordability as part of business resilience.