Stop Buying Insurance. Start Buying Health Care.

Most employers don’t really want to buy health insurance. They want to buy health care.In this episode of Take Charge with HELPcare, Lee Aase and Dan Hinmon talk with Matt Ohrt, Executive Director of the Free Market Medical Association and author of Save Your Company, Don’t Feed the Beast.Matt spent about 25 years in HR leadership, and he understands the frustration employers feel when health plan costs keep rising even after they’ve moved to self-funding. He shares how his work at Merrill Steel led him to realize that self-funding alone isn’t a strategy. Employers need to become active buyers of health care.The conversation focuses on Direct Primary Care as the foundation of a better health plan, the importance of transparent pricing, the problem with networks that limit buyer choice, and how employers can use direct relationships for services like imaging, physical therapy, chiropractic care and surgery.Matt also previews the Minnesota Chapter of the Free Market Medical Association event, Building a Better Employer Health Plan, where he will be the keynote speaker on August 5 in Rochester.This episode is especially relevant for HR leaders, CFOs, CEOs, business owners, public-sector leaders and brokers who are tired of the same old renewal cycle and want practical alternatives.Learn more about HELPcare Clinic at https://helpcare.health.