Stop Renewing Like a Victim: What Employers Must Do Differently in 2026

Episode notes

If you’re an employer, you’re one of the largest purchasers of healthcare in the U.S. - and somehow you have the least control. This is a summary episode of our conversation with Nurse Deb (Deb Alt), President of AIMM , and it drops right after the turn of the calendar - Happy 2026 - in what many are calling the worst renewal season in years . Here’s the hard truth: If you didn’t do anything different during renewal… why did you expect a different result? In this recap, Lester breaks down the mindset shift employers (and advisors) must make to stop being passive victims of a system designed to be opaque - and start acting like real purchasers.

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