Value-based payment reforms have generated more than $17 billion in gross savings for Medicare over the past decade, wrote 12 health care organizations in an open letter to the 118th Congress.
In an effort to meet the needs of their employees and improve worker health, employers are taking a close look at the value and cost savings their vendors promise and are ready to make changes as needed, says a new survey.
Momentum from passage of SECURE 2.0 could "accelerate" efforts to enroll millions more of employees, since fewer than 50% of small businesses with less than 50 employees currently sponsor a retirement plan.
Even up to 40% of middle-income workers are at risk of slipping into near-poverty in retirement, according to the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, which recommends universal retirement accounts.