Current:Home > MySmaller employers weigh a big-company fix for scarce primary care: Their own medical clinics -WealthEngine
Smaller employers weigh a big-company fix for scarce primary care: Their own medical clinics
View
Date:2025-04-12 10:29:16
With his company’s health costs soaring and his workers struggling with high blood pressure and other medical conditions, Winston Griffin, CEO of Laurel Grocery Co., knew his company had to do something.
So the London, Kentucky, wholesaler opened a health clinic.
“Our margins are tiny, so every expense is important,” Griffin said. The clinic, he said, has helped lower the company’s health costs and reduce employee sick leave.
veryGood! (9)
Related
- Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)
- Christie's cancels sale of late Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten's jewelry over Nazi links
- Bill Richardson, former New Mexico governor and renowned diplomat, dies at 75
- Joe Jonas Wears Wedding Ring Amid Sophie Turner Divorce Rumors
- Juan Soto praise of Mets' future a tough sight for Yankees, but World Series goal remains
- Radio broadcasters sound off on artificial intelligence, after AI DJ makes history
- Jet skiers reportedly killed by Algerian coast guard after running out of gas
- Ex-Smash Mouth vocalist Steve Harwell enters hospice care, 'being cared for by his fiancée'
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Teen shot dead by police after allegedly killing police dog, firing gun at officers
Ranking
- Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
- Endangered red wolves need space to stay wild. But there’s another predator in the way — humans
- Full transcript of Face the Nation, September 3, 2023
- Iga Swiatek’s US Open title defense ends with loss to Jelena Ostapenko in fourth round
- McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
- Radio broadcasters sound off on artificial intelligence, after AI DJ makes history
- Student loan repayments surge ahead of official restart, but many may still be scrambling
- Adele tells crowd she's wearing silver for Beyoncé show: 'I might look like a disco ball'
Recommendation
The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
‘Like a Russian roulette’: US military firefighters grapple with unknowns of PFAS exposure
Alex Palou wins at Portland, wraps up second IndyCar championship with one race left
Injured California motorist trapped at bottom of 100-foot ravine is rescued after 5 days
The city of Chicago is ordered to pay nearly $80M for a police chase that killed a 10
Upward of 20,000 Ukrainian amputees face trauma on a scale unseen since WWI
UN nuclear watchdog report seen by AP says Iran slows its enrichment of near-weapons-grade uranium
Breastfeeding With Implants? Here's What to Know After Pregnant Jessie James Decker Shared Her Concerns