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Financial Wellness Programs Have a Heftier Price Tag when Built In-House, New Research Finds

01 THE MACHINE READ
WHY IT MATTERS.
Financial wellness program costs matter to large employers' benefit budgets, but this is vendor research.
In-house wellness programs carry high cost estimates
Employer adoption of outsourced wellness vendors
Vendor-sponsored research with incentive to inflate costs
FULL DISPATCH
A New Financial Wellness Think Tank™ report, "Build or Buy," estimates an in-house program costs between $21 million to $38 million and more than a decade of time; finds expertise, not budget, is the biggest barrier. EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Most large employers...
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