Identify five ways companies are reducing the cost of providing health-care insurance for their employees (other than eliminating this benefit entirely). Look beyond your own company for ideas.

Exercise 13.25, “Message Strategies: Informational Reports,”.

Health-care costs are a pressing concern at every level in the economy, from individual households up through companies of all sizes on up to state and federal governments. Many companies that want to continue offering or to start offering some level of health insurance to their employees are struggling with a cost spiral that seems out of control.

Your task: Identify five ways companies are reducing the cost of providing health-care insurance for their employees (other than eliminating this benefit entirely). Look beyond your own company for ideas.

Compile your findings into a 3-page report including at least one real-life example for each of the five ways. Your report should include all of the required elements for an Informational Report as outlined in Ch. 13 of your text.

Format your report consistent with APA guidelines.  Use citations for each paragraph.

o    Write to a purpose, and this will always be the assignment.  Your answers will have a conclusion

o    Pay attention to Grammar rules and write to posted grading rubric(s)

o    Write in the third person

o    Do not write with “that or which” as they are unneeded pronouns

o    Do not use contractions such as didn’t instead spell out  did not

o    Do not use same words over and over, learn to use a thesaurus, so words are not repetitive.   Make sure one uses the right words when writing

o    Write in the active voice not passive voice