"The COVID-19 pandemic promises to constrain budgets while driving healthcare costs even higher.... [One analysis] projects that rising healthcare claims could drive benefits cost increases as high as 7 percent -- outpacing the 5 percent increase previously anticipated for the year.... [1] Create a culture of wellbeing ... [2] Help your people make better benefits decisions ... [3] Evaluate your programs with data ... [4] implement cost-saving strategies in your benefits program."  MORE >>