{"id":3296,"date":"2021-08-21T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2021-10-12T16:01:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T16:01:31","slug":"how-employers-can-control-health-insurance-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/blog\/how-employers-can-control-health-insurance-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"How Employers Can Control Health Insurance Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Control health insurance costs and move benefits to more affordable high-deductible plans for unlikely major medical problems. Having employees self pay for affordable routine care with or without HSAs can save small business owners hundreds of dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3297 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Health-Ins-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1871\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.HEALTHdrum.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Come join our healthcare community and discover how <\/span><b>consumer-directed, self pay care<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can save you a bundle of money, improve your profit margin and make you more competitive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read more.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-insurance-companies-control-your-medical-care-62540\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-insurance-companies-control-your-medical-care-62540<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Written by HEALTHdrum<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Control health insurance costs and move benefits to more affordable high-deductible plans for unlikely major medical problems. Having employees self pay for affordable routine care with or without HSAs can save small business owners hundreds of dollars. 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