In theory, price transparency encourages consumers to choose lower-cost options for shoppable health care services. (Photo: Shutterstock)

An ongoing dual crisis in the U.S.—the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying economic contraction—has put even greater pressure on benefits advisors and their employer clients to rein in health care costs and ensure employees are good stewards of their benefit dollars.

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