What Plan Sponsors Aren’t Asking Their Carriers

Or the first thing that comes to your mind, go with it, okay? Where are most planned sponsors today? Chaos or control?

Chaos.

One word for the sponsor-carrier relationship today.

I think that word might be confrontational.

Most overlooked move a sponsor should make.

Boy, that's a tough one.

I would say the most overlooked move that a sponsor should make is not being afraid to ask the hard questions.

And if they don't have somebody that's partnering with them, then go find the right partner.

The latest cost containment trend, is it signal or noise?

So what I'm going to say to that question is...

If it's a cost containment function that is going to benefit the employer group, right, because a lot of them can be trendy.

However, if it's an issue that's going to continue for a long period of time, then I would say it's going to start out as noise, right? but it could become the signal at some point, depending on if it works and how it's implemented.

So I think a lot of it will start out as not sure where we're going with this, but this is what we're seeing is really impacting the market right now.

And if you find something that's going to work, it's really not noise anymore.

Now it's become a signal to point people in the right direction to help them