The Future of Employer-Sponsored Health Care

More than half of Americans receive their health care coverage through an employer and generally indicate strong satisfaction with their benefits. While employers continue to rapidly move toward programs to keep workers well and meet their evolving needs, they have also had to grapple with ever-rising health care spending, which increased to $4.1 trillion in 2020—more than double the rate of growth from the year before. They have also faced significant challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Join BPC as our panel of health policy experts and stakeholders discusses the role of employer-sponsored insurance in the U.S. health care system, as well as current challenges and opportunities moving forward.

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Featured Participants

Opening remarks:

Katherine Hempstead
Senior Policy Advisor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
@khemp64

Panel discussion with:

John Arensmeyer
Founder & CEO, Small Business Majority
@JohnArensmeyer

Sabrina Corlette
Research Professor; Founder & Co-Director, Georgetown University; Center on Health Insurance Reforms
@SabrinaCorlette

Tom Leibfried
Legislative Representative, AFL-CIO

Katie Mahoney
Vice President, Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Moderated by:

Marilyn Serafini
Director, Health Project, BPC
@marilynserafini

In light of restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, BPC events have shifted to all remote formats, such as video teleconferences or calls.