Why Health Insurance Is Not Important -- Until It Suddenly Is (w/Dylan Slattery, CEO Excel Health Plans)

Dylan Slattery is from Dyersville, Iowa - home of the Field of Dreams.  An avid baseball fan, he moved to Denver after coaching baseball for six years while battling two bouts with stage four melanoma in his twenties. Later, while working for a benefits consulting company, Dylan realized that many consultants were looking for a solution that worked for their small groups without all of the customization that comes with large group self-funding. 

Dylan says that as we approach $5 Trillion annual healthcare spend in the USA, 40% of it goes to waste, fraud and overspend, so trimming at small pieces can go a long way. Excel Health Plans helps employers with fewer than 150 employees save 20-40% on their health insurance without giving up access to a network. Excel increases transparency and control to make decisions such as adding access to health supplies, finally bringing the free market principle of choice to healthcare.

Dylan believes if you are only seeing your benefits consultant at enrollment or taking orders and coming back with a price, you should look elsewhere. In his words, "A good consultant will push back, bring value and know blind spots about an employer's benefits they should be considering, and be right up there with your lawyer and accountant." And his personal cancer experience has brought a patient-focused approach: Excel do not believe in denying claims as a form of cost-containment.

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