Survey: Employers Push Workers To Control Costs

The popularity of health savings accounts and personal health coaching is growing at large employers.

Consultants at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Washington, are reporting that finding in a summary of results from a survey of large employers conducted with the National Business Group on Health, Washington.

Many employers are reducing patients’ out-of-pocket costs for some treatments and services that lower overall health care costs, such as drugs and services that help control diabetes, the researchers report.