Mercer has joined with our MMC sister companies to present our collective insights and recommendations for health care reform, addressing both current legislation and innovations to transform the health care system.

The Mercer Perspectives are part of our ongoing effort to make our key intellectual capital available to clients.

MMC Perspective - The eve of reform

Health care reform is a significant issue for many of our clients, from employers and health care providers to insurance companies and governments. By connecting and marshalling the expertise and resources across the MMC family of companies, we can help them think through the many ramifications reform may have for their operations. - PDF format

 MMC Perspective - The rest of reform

We focus here on what we think government needs to do. But the enterprise we propose—shifting the very basis of US health care from fee-for-service to a value-based system such as IHM—represents profound and needed change for physicians, patients, health plans, medical device and life science companies, and clinical solution providers. - PDF format

MMC Perspective - Achieving health reform’s essential goals

As a trusted adviser to employers of all sizes throughout the US, we have seen abundant evidence of the opportunities to reduce cost and improve both outcomes and health status. Mercer believes that these results can be achieved if our public and private health care systems work in partnership to fundamentally reduce trend and improve outcomes. The employer-based health care system should be viewed as a respected partner in this effort. - PDF format

Mercer Perspective - Reforming US health care: Global insights on viable solutions

The US has struggled since the 1930s with attempts to enact comprehensive health reform. Most people can easily point out what is wrong with US health care – it’s too expensive, quality is inconsistent, too many people are uninsured and many communities do not have adequate health resources.

Mercer Perspective - The uninsured employee: A key issue for health reform

This article illustrates how employer-sponsored programs are knowingly or inadvertently adding to the uninsured population. If policy makers assume that it will be easier and faster to reduce the uninsured problem by fixing the gaps in employer-sponsored programs, then we need to understand exactly where these gaps are. - PDF format

Mercer Perspective - US health reform: Our point of view

The time has come for a federal health care reform plan that is designed to improve health care quality and affordability, reduce the uninsured population and improve population health while maintaining the excellence and innovation of the world's best health care system. Mercer believes that these results can be achieved if our private health care industry and employer-based health care system provide the foundation for such a plan. - PDF format