After years of industry-wide price increases, America's employers are showing signs of taking control of all aspects of employee healthcare.
The advent of workplace health clinics, on-site fitness facilities, and workforce health enhancement initiatives are just a few examples of how today's workplaces are bringing worker health methologies under one roof.
This is more than a cost-saving measure, as the complexities of the Affordable Care Act have become an administrative and regulatory nightmare for many companies.
The result is a more community-scaled approach to wellness, one driven in equal parts by complex algorithyms and local health practices.
It's a time of healthcare experimentation, as many different healthcare business models are tried out in a variety of industries.
With a demand for high-quality, low-cost care, employers are driving the healthcare industry's evolution in the modern era.
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