A real business owner.
A real turning point.
This is Marcus. A precision manufacturing company owner — 43 employees, 14 years in business. This is the story that changed everything for his company.
Marcus had built the kind of company people were proud to work for. Fourteen years. The kind of place where people stayed for decades and brought their kids in for summer jobs. Then the renewal letter arrived.
His group health insurance premium was going up 22 percent. Again. That was the third year in a row of double-digit increases. Total health insurance cost for 43 employees: approaching $380,000 per year — nearly $9,000 per employee. And his people still complained they couldn't afford to use it. Individual deductibles were $6,800. His team was essentially uninsured for anything short of a hospital stay.
The reason: a competitor offered better benefits. The machinist had a chronic back condition. Under Marcus's plan, chiropractic visits cost $60 each after a $6,800 deductible he never met. He was skipping appointments and white-knuckling through the pain. The other company offered a HealthPass membership — unlimited chiropractic, no deductible, no copay.
Recruiting a replacement would cost $40,000 to $60,000. The institutional knowledge walking out was incalculable. And the reason it was happening — a health insurance plan that cost him nearly $400,000 a year and still wasn't good enough to keep his best people.
That was when someone handed him a HealthPass one-pager.
Marcus met with a HealthPass employer representative. He came in skeptical. He brought his CFO. The rep did not start with a pitch — she started with his renewal letter and a calculator. His CFO asked the question everyone asks: "What's the catch?"
There is no catch. The minimum value HDHP covers hospitalizations, surgeries, and catastrophic events — the scenarios where insurance is the right financial tool. HealthPass covers everything employees actually use: unlimited chiropractic, unlimited telemedicine, behavioral health, dental cleanings, massage, acupuncture, gym membership. Zero deductible. Zero copay. One card. One monthly payment.
Marcus signed up three weeks later. Annual savings in Year One: $216,000.
Marcus's story scales to any size team.
These are not projections. They are arithmetic based on the Mercer 2025 national average employer health insurance cost of $500–$650 per employee per month.
| Company Size | Current Annual Cost | HealthPass Annual Cost | Annual Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 employees | $88,000 – $120,000 | $37,680 – $43,680 | $44,320 – $76,320 |
| 25 employees | $220,000 – $300,000 | $94,200 – $109,200 | $125,800 – $190,800 |
| 50 employees (like Marcus) | $440,000 – $600,000 | $188,400 – $218,400 | $221,600 – $381,600 |
| 100 employees | $880,000 – $1,200,000 | $376,800 – $436,800 | $443,200 – $763,200 |
| 250 employees | $2,200,000 – $3,000,000 | $942,000 – $1,092,000 | $1,108,000 – $1,908,000 |
| Source: Current cost based on Mercer 2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey national average. HealthPass model: $50–$80/mo MV HDHP + $249/mo HealthPass = $299–$329/employee/month. Savings figures are estimates and vary by carrier, state, and plan design. | |||
With healthcare that actually works.