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Engage or Bust

The hidden cost of low benefits engagement

You could have the most generous benefits package on the market. Exceptional medical coverage. Every point solution available. But if your employees aren’t engaging with them, you’re not managing costs, you’re gambling with them.


The Challenge:

You’re investing in benefits. Your employees aren’t using them.


Most health tech platforms see up to 10% monthly usage. Traditional Employee assistant programs hover at 5–12% annual engagement. 


The typical navigation solution? 3%. 


Meanwhile, 88% of employees are juggling 2–5 different apps just to access their benefits, and only 24% of employers offer a centralized experience. The result is a fragmented maze where employees disengage, delay care, and make costly choices (not because they don’t care about their health, but because they’re overwhelmed.)


You can invest heavily in benefits but without engagement, that investment turns into wasted spend, not results.

Many organizations struggle

with low participation, as employees are overwhelmed by too many tools and unclear paths to care leading to missed value, poor decisions, and rising costs.


If your employees aren’t engaging with their benefits, you’re not managing costs you’re gambling with them.


Low utilization isn’t just a participation issue; it’s a signal that your strategy isn’t working. When employees are overwhelmed by too many platforms and too little clarity, they disengage, delay care, and make costly decisions.


It’s time to simplify the experience, drive meaningful engagement, and turn your benefits investment into real outcomes.


Start rethinking your approach today and turn confusion into clarity and costs into results!


Information provided by: HR Morning

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