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In June 2026, NASCO convened a group of highly respected industry analysts for a discussion on the state of healthcare affordability and value-based care administration.

The numbers are hard to ignore. The average American family now spends more than 10% of their household income on health insurance premiums and deductibles alone.

Healthcare affordability has become one of the defining challenges facing our industry. Premiums continue to rise, employers are shifting more costs to employees, and consumers are struggling to navigate a fragmented system marked by complex benefits, disconnected experiences, and rapidly increasing medical and pharmacy costs.

Today’s healthcare affordability crisis is testing health plans in ways few anticipated. Yet, while the pressure is acute, it also creates a defining moment: a chance to meet the competitive mandate for transformation.

Next up in the NASCO series about health plan transformation is Lori Logan’s blog about …