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Access and addiction: Why Detroit employers are paying more for less

Discover why Detroit employers and Taft-Hartley plans are caught in a costly cycle—paying more while members struggle to access the care they need.
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Avani Sheth speaking at Marathon Health's Michigan Roundtable event.

For Detroit-area employers and Taft-Hartley plans, having coverage doesn't guarantee access to care—and that gap is costly. Long wait times, fragmented care, and behavioral health challenges are straining workforces and budgets. Watch this recorded discussion to explore how relationship-based care models can help close the gap.

INSIDE THE ROUNDTABLE

What Detroit leaders said about coverage, access, and workforce health

Detroit-area leaders gathered at the Shinola Hotel for a senior-level conversation on one of the region's most pressing workforce challenges: the widening gap between what healthcare plans cover and what members can actually access.

This on-demand recording captures a candid exchange among labor organizations, Taft-Hartley plan leaders, public sector officials, and private industry executives—examining the structural, behavioral, and financial forces driving this disconnect.

Topics explored in this roundtable

  • The growing gap between healthcare coverage and timely access to care
  • How behavioral health and substance use are affecting workforce stability and safety
  • Why delayed or fragmented care drives higher-cost utilization
  • The role of employers and Taft-Hartley plans in enabling earlier intervention and continuity
  • How relationship-based care models can improve access, reduce cost, and strengthen outcomes

What you'll take away

Understand how access barriers translate into real financial and workforce consequences. Hear perspectives from labor, public sector, and private industry leaders navigating the same regional challenges. Leave with a framework for using care model design to control costs and improve member outcomes. This recording is designed for senior decision-makers in HR, benefits, labor relations, and plan administration who are rethinking how their organizations invest in care access.

Avani Sheth, Chris Pricco, LaShawn English, and Jim Kirk at Marathon Health's Michigan Roundtable event.
WHY WATCH

Real perspectives on the access and cost challenge

Hear from the leaders closest to this challenge

These leaders speak candidly about structural access barriers, behavioral health trends straining plan budgets, and the real financial cost of delayed care—drawn from direct experience across Detroit's labor, public sector, and private industry.

Insights grounded in regional reality

Detroit-area employers and labor plans contend with aging workforces, manufacturing demands, and delayed care. Hear how senior leaders across labor, the public sector, and industry are navigating access barriers.

WATCH ON DEMAND

Access the recording: Coverage, access, and workforce health

This recorded event is built for HR leaders, benefits administrators, and Taft-Hartley plan trustees navigating rising costs and declining access. Watch to hear how Detroit-area leaders are framing the problem—and what it may take to close the gap between coverage and care.