The Cure the Pain Blog

Stop Guessing What Your Employees Want From Benefits

Most employers don't phone in their benefits decisions. Real time goes into reviewing plans, comparing costs, and trying to build a comprehensive employee benefits package that works. The problem isn't effort. It's that the decisions often happen in a room without the...

Healthcare Cost-Containment Strategies That Work for SMBs

Picture this: your commercial lease is up, your key equipment needs replacing, and your biggest vendor just raised their rates. You'd compare options, review the contract, and negotiate hard. Most business owners do exactly that for every major expense. Then...

What’s a PBM, and Why Is It Costing You More?

The Middleman Your Health Plan Doesn't Explain You review the premiums. You negotiate with your broker. You pick the plan. Then a year later, renewal numbers went the wrong direction again, and no one can give you a clear explanation for why. Prescription drug costs...

Disengaged Employees? Your Benefits Package Might Be Why

When engagement starts slipping, employers usually look in the same places. Remote work. Management issues. Burnout. Career development. Those are all legitimate concerns, but there's another factor hiding in plain sight. Benefits. Not because benefits solve...

Short-Term vs. Long-Term Disability: Protect Every Paycheck

Most employees assume that if something happens to them, the company has a plan. Most employers assume health insurance covers it. Both groups are wrong, and both pay for that mistake when it matters most. Paycheck protection insurance for employees is what closes...