Editor's Note: This article was original published by Marsh McLennan Agency.

What if employees were better healthcare consumers? What if they had the tools they needed — as well as the desire — to actually shop for the best healthcare prices along with what was best for their health?

Increasing awareness of the disparity between healthcare costs — hospital procedures, clinic visits, lab work, prescriptions and more — along with the availability of accurate pricing data and increased patient cost sharing (i.e., higher deductibles) could help create more active healthcare consumers.

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