Health ReimaginedNov 6, 2026Brief
01Welcome to Health Reimagined
A short introduction to the initiative, read aloud: who is in the room, what we work on, and why the silos have to go.
Podcasts
Conversations worth an hour.
The episodes we send around the room: benefits leaders, clinicians and reporters explaining what is actually changing, and what it costs.
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Welcome to Health Reimagined
Health Reimagined · Nov 6, 2026 · Brief
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NEBGH VoicesOct 28, 2026
02Has Breast Cancer Awareness Month delivered on the promise to save lives?
Dr. Marc Watkins, physician executive and retail health leader
Forty years of pink ribbons, and disparities for Black women persist. A frank review of diagnosis, treatment and the actions employers can take on outcomes and the cost of cancer care.
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NEBGH VoicesAug 31, 2026
03Health Reimagined — Building the Future of Employee Benefits
Melinda Morimoto, Senior Benefits Director, Genentech
What if health care were designed around the patient instead of the system? Women's health programs, cancer support, pharmacy benefit transformation and AI-powered personalization, and what it takes to build an experience on trust, access and better outcomes.
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NEBGH VoicesMay 27, 2026
04Pharmacy benefits in transition: transparency, GLP-1s and employer strategy
Jon Koval, PharmD, Transcarent
Why pharmacy is now the central driver of cost and experience, how PBM reform and fiduciary accountability change the negotiation, and the access-versus-affordability problem GLP-1s force every plan to answer.
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NEBGH VoicesApr 22, 2026
05Advancing access: fertility, family building and the employer's role
Dr. Janet Choi, Chief Medical Officer, Progyny
How fertility care has changed in a decade, why delayed parenthood and preservation are now benefits questions, and what a comprehensive program looks like when it is designed rather than patched together.
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Shows we follow
Five subscriptions that earn their place.
- NEBGH VoicesKim Thiboldeaux, Northeast Business Group on HealthEmployer benefits leaders on what is actually changing in the market.
- The Benefits PlaybookCollective HealthStrategy for self-funded plans, from the people running them.
- The Beneficial WorkplaceMercerHealth, wealth and the practical work of benefits design.
- TradeoffsIndependent health policy journalismThe evidence behind the policy arguments, with the tradeoffs stated plainly.
- An Arm and a LegDan WeissmannWhat health costs actually do to people, told as reported stories.
Listening notes
What we are hearing across them.
The cost conversation has moved to the C-suite
Benefits leaders are no longer negotiating alone. Finance is in the room, and the question is predictability rather than the lowest renewal.
Pharmacy is the hinge
GLP-1s, specialty drugs and PBM reform appear in nearly every conversation about trend. Plans that treat pharmacy as a carve-out are the ones getting surprised.
Design around the person, then negotiate
The strongest programs start with the experience a member should have and work backwards to vendor and network choices.
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