About a month ago, I wrote a blog on the benefits that employers can gain from offering a membership to a direct primary care practice to their employees. Today, I'd like to highlight the benefits seen directly by the employees. When health care benefits through employers started in the 1940’s, they were meant to help attract and retain good workers (and because of a law that provided large tax deductions to those employers). Back when health care costs were low and many employees remained at the same company for their entire career, this worked quite well. As costs began to rise, however, these “benefits” have actually become a source of financial stagnation for many employees.