Many small and midsize U.S. employers may be so angry about the cost of health benefits that they will rush to try something completely different, even if they don’t know much about the new coverage strat

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gy. Vitable, a direct primary care plan manager, has published data on employers’ fight to hold down health benefits costs in a summary of the results from a survey of 510 U.S. businesses with fewer than 500 em

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loyees. The firm found that 18% of the employers surveyed described themselves as being “very familiar” with benefits options such as direct primary care practices, individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements and