{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67b8c1cd19249d0c1ab3e4f9/682f5359fc865cdd049a0b8d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The HR Balancing Act: Healthcare, High Stakes & Hard Truths | Broken Healthcare Podcast #57","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67b8c1cd19249d0c1ab3e4f9/1747931846691-d2cf830c-68a1-441b-a860-6935f231dfb0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>How do you provide quality healthcare to thousands of employees—many of them hourly, spread across multiple states—with costs rising and transparency shrinking?</p><p><br></p><p>In this eye-opening episode of <em>Broken Healthcare</em>, host <strong>Ray Kober</strong> sits down with seasoned HR leader <strong>Amanda White</strong>, 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.</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 <strong>What you'll hear:</strong></p><ul><li>The impossible decisions HR must make between cost and care.</li><li>The truth about GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic—and why they’re exploding your plan.</li><li>How \"free\" benefits like amusement park discounts matter more than you think.</li><li>The quiet war between HR, brokers, and big insurance—and who really wins.</li><li>Why avoiding high-deductible plans might be the smartest move you've never made.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This isn’t theory. This is real-world leadership in a broken system.</p><p><br></p><p>🔔 Subscribe for honest, practical conversations that expose the cracks in U.S. healthcare—and spotlight the people fighting to fix it.</p><p><br></p><p>👉 <strong>Share this episode with your HR and benefits team. It might save your company—and your people.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>#BrokenHealthcare #HRLeadership #HealthcareReform #AmandaWhite #GLP1 #EmployerHealthcare #BenefitsStrategy #HealthcarePodcast</p>","author_name":"Ray Kober"}