Health care in the U.S. continues its radical transformation with the rollout and rapid adoption of high-deductible insurance plans. More than even value-based purchasing, this has the potential to reshape the health care landscape because it has awakened the health care consumer. In its 2014 Employer Health Benefits Survey, The Kaiser Family Foundation reported that 41 percent of all firms (32 percent of large employers, 61 percent of small firms) have rolled out high-deductible insurance plans.
