Keeping Hoosiers healthy and productive is essential to keeping our economy strong.
Last year alone, 208 companies We are committed to locating or expanding in Indiana, investing approximately $29 billion in business operations, creating 22,000 new high-wage jobs, and marking the highest annual capital investment and average wage records in state history. did.
To maintain this momentum and continue to attract and retain a top-notch, talented employee base, the Hoosier State must maintain a healthy workforce and manage health care costs.
To date, efforts to solve the state's many health challenges have led to divisive stakeholder opinions and mixed results. But until now, we haven't seen a holistic approach to solving the cost, access, and quality challenges facing our health system.
Business leaders (Zotec Partners), innovators (Eli Lilly and Company), educators (Ivy Tech Community College and University of Notre Dame), economic development organizations (Indy Chamber), healthcare professionals (Beacon Health System), and the insurance industry. Stakeholders (Horton Group and MHS), and other members of Indiana's diverse economy, have partnered under the umbrella of the Indiana Business Health Collaborative (IBHC) to improve the affordability, quality, and quality of health care across Indiana. , creating thoughtful market-based solutions that improve access.
Hoosier leaders who love Indiana want to improve the health of their friends and neighbors. Equally important, IBHC members know that Indiana's health care outcomes are an important economic driver for the state.
We applaud the Legislature's efforts to address challenges in Indiana's health care delivery system. These leaders understand that the status quo is unacceptable for Hoosier businesses and families.
They need support in this fight. Through IBHC, Hoosier employers and healthcare industry stakeholders are ready to collaborate to devise and implement meaningful changes to ensure affordability, accessibility, and quality of care. .
IBHC follows several principles in approaching this initiative: collaboration, competition, education, commitment, and performance. These principles will help drive market-based solutions aimed at reducing the cost of care in Indiana while ensuring Hoosiers have unrestricted access to the high-quality services they need.
This effort will require engagement with a wide range of stakeholders who are motivated to disrupt broken health systems and deliver lasting outcomes that are patient-centered, outcomes-driven, and market-based. If you agree with this approach, please join us.
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