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Vitori Voice | 3 min read

Do You Know the True Impact of High Deductible Health Plans?

High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) shift cost to employees and families, often with distressing health and financial impacts. HDHPs were introduced years ago by the legacy insurance carriers as a way to deflect responsibility for rising healthcare costs away from themselves.

By Vitori Health |
March 28, 2023
Industry News | 2 min read

High Costs Delay Care: Give Employees Free MD Visits, Rx, Surgeries

Mary B. skipped appointments and delayed chemotherapy when her cancer returned. Steven L. reduces refills by taking his thyroid medication every other day instead of daily. Others cancel needed care because they can’t afford time off from work and the additional costs of childcare and transportation.

By Vitori Health |
March 21, 2023
Vitori Voice | 3 min read

Hospital Mergers Raise Costs, Cut Competition, and Pump Profits

Hospital and health system mergers have become rampant and are typically announced with glowing press releases promising greater access to better and more affordable health care. However, research into the results of consolidation exposes outcomes that run counter to these promises.

By Vitori Health |
March 14, 2023
Vitori Voice | 3 min read

Should Boards Probe Health Care Costs? Deloitte Would Say Yes.

Corporate boards have historically relegated employee and workforce concerns to management. In 2020, COVID-19’s dramatic impact on operations and employee health began changing that perspective in significant ways, leading to a more expansive approach to how boards fulfill their responsibilities.

By Vitori Health |
March 07, 2023
Vitori Voice | 2 min read

Will Pricing Reform Stifle Rx Innovation? Nope... Not One Bit.

Pharmaceutical companies insist that outrageous prices drive the development of innovative medicines. And industry groups claim that Medicare pricing reform and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will send innovation “light years back into the dark ages of biomedical research.” Don’t believe them.

By Vitori Health |
February 25, 2023
Vitori Voice | 2 min read

How to Win Against the Greed that Threatens US Health Care

“In the mosaic floor of the opulent atrium of a house excavated at Pompeii is a slogan ironic for being buried under 16 feet of volcanic ash: Salve Lucrum, it reads, “Hail, Profit.” That mosaic would be a fitting decoration today in many of health care’s (corporate) atria.”

By Vitori Health |
February 18, 2023
Really?! | 1 min read

Billions Spent Pushing Low Value Drugs Directly to US Consumers

The healthcare industry continues to feed its addiction to obscene profits instead of better, more affordable patient care. While Americans are bombarded with relentless direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) pushing dubious drugs to an unwary public, health plan sponsors can provide a much-needed antidote.

By Vitori Health |
February 08, 2023
Industry News | 3 min read

7 Burning Questions About Commercial Prices for Health Care Services

Health Affairs has launched a timely analysis of physician, hospital, and other health care provider prices in private-sector markets and their impact on overall spending. We applaud this pursuit of definitive answers but until such truths are revealed, employers won’t have any cost relief any time soon.

By Vitori Health |
January 31, 2023
Vitori Voice | 3 min read

The Top 5 Excuses Why Employers Don't Drop Their Legacy Insurance Carrier

As healthcare costs continue to rise, many employer health plan sponsors struggle to cover their employees without breaking the bank. Unfortunately, many keep returning to the same old solutions: a monopoly of legacy insurance carriers with high-priced plans and suboptimal benefits and member support.

By Vitori Health |
January 26, 2023
Industry News | 1 min read

How to Boost Employee Retirement Benefits by Slashing Health Care Costs

From stagnant wages to crushing medical expenses, employee net income has plummeted, preventing American workers from saving adequately for retirement. Pending legislation seeks to alleviate this crisis while a growing number of employers are boosting retirement benefits by reducing health care costs.

By Vitori Health |
December 29, 2022
Industry News | 2 min read

Annual Health Care Lobbying Rises 70% to a Whopping $714 Million

From targeting the Affordable Care Act to clamoring for COVID relief funds, annual federal healthcare lobbying expenditures have risen a staggering 70%. Nearly $714 million has been spent influencing legislation to favor the industry and maintain obscene profits. Who’s spending all this money?

By Vitori Health |
December 17, 2022

Isn't it time for a less costly, more compassionate health plan?

Vitori Health has eliminated the excess costs and conflicts of interest in legacy health plans and upgraded what really matters – payment controls and the member experience.