Employee health: Employers take the reins on healthcare delivery: Frustrated by high costs and legislative uncertainty, companies are cutting out traditional carriers and taking on employee care themselves

[...]he said, "the bar for healthcare is so low that there is so much [employers] can do to make a difference." [...]within a year, the carrier made only a total of 17 "connections" with Blizzard employees, and that, Ezzard said, was a "huge failure." [...]Activision Blizzard quickly terminated the contracts and started picking individual technology solutions to manage health conditions including obesity and diabetes, which has paid off for the firm.