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Some HR Executives and Healthcare Experts Believe It's Time for Employers to Get Out of the Business of Providing Health Benefits
Human Resource Executive Online Link to more items from this source
May 2, 2008
Excerpt: [C]ritics such as Alain C. Enthoven call the employer-based system 'a historical accident' that no longer works. The emeritus professor of management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business says, 'Nobody could stand up today and defend it on a rational basis.' Some HR executives agree. 'We don't offer that much value in a macro sense,' says E. J. 'Ned' Holland Jr., senior vice president of HR at Embarq Corp.... He likens the employer's role in health insurance to a reseller, with administrative support thrown in.

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