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Why Implement Prevent+Protect?

Local government employees are the foundation of every community—they respond to emergencies, maintain infrastructure, teach children, and deliver services that residents depend on every day.  Elected officials set the vision for their communities, but it is the workforce behind them that brings their vision to life.  Supporting those employees—their physical health, mental health and financial security—is not simply a matter of good governance.  It is a prerequisite for high-performing communities.

The benefits a government employer provides to its employees are a strategic investment in the individuals who serve the public.  Investing in their workers’ physical, mental, and financial health has been proven to:

Employees in America are facing several overlapping crises at once — chronic disease, mental health, and affordability. Prevent+Protect meets employees where they already are — at work — with a preventive-health and support program structured to improve employees’ lives while putting money back in their pocket (and the pocket of their employer)!

The facts speak for themselves

90%

Share of the nation’s $5.3 trillion in annual health care spending that goes toward people managing chronic conditions.

CDC

6.5%

Projected increase in employer health benefit cost per employee in 2026 – the fourth consecutive year of elevated growth.

Mercer, 2025

35%

Employees report actually being able to access mental health benefits  (even when those benefits already exist.)

Business Solver, 2024

59%

Employees report being stressed about their finances, a factor which drives both absenteeism and disengagement.

PWC, 2026

These crises are not inevitable, but addressing these issues requires a PROACTIVE benefits strategy.