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Analyzing the Individual Marketplace for Health Benefits Amid COVID-19
On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with John Barkett, MBA, senior director of Policy Affairs in Benefits Delivery and Administration for Willis Towers Watson, on the current outlook of individual markets in private exchange solutions amid the pandemic.
The ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused uncertainty among employers nationwide adjusting to this new normal. Notably, viable health care coverage has emerged as an essential necessity, with employees seeking favorable benefits. A recent analysis by Willis Towers Watson indicates that individual markets, once characterized as volatile, have emerged as an option now associated with stability and growth.
On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with John Barkett, MBA, senior director of Policy Affairs in Benefits Delivery and Administration for Willis Towers Watson, on the current outlook of individual markets in private exchange solutions amid the pandemic.
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