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The HR Balancing Act: Healthcare, High Stakes & Hard Truths | Broken Healthcare Podcast #57

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How do you provide quality healthcare to thousands of employees—many of them hourly, spread across multiple states—with costs rising and transparency shrinking?In this eye-opening episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with seasoned HR leader Amanda White, who pulls back the curtain on what it's really like to manage benefits for a workforce where affordability isn’t a perk—it’s survival.🎧 What you'll hear:The impossible decisions HR must make between cost and care.The truth about GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic—and why they’re exploding your plan.How "free" benefits like amusement park discounts matter more than you think.The quiet war between HR, brokers, and big insurance—and who really wins.Why avoiding high-deductible plans might be the smartest move you've never made.This isn’t theory. This is real-world leadership in a broken system.🔔 Subscribe for honest, practical conversations that expose the cracks in U.S. healthcare—and spotlight the people fighting to fix it.👉 Share this episode with your HR and benefits team. It might save your company—and your people.#BrokenHealthcare #HRLeadership #HealthcareReform #AmandaWhite #GLP1 #EmployerHealthcare #BenefitsStrategy #HealthcarePodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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