Client results

Results, not promises.

For nearly 20 years, ECG has helped public, private, and not-for-profit employers spend less on healthcare while improving the benefits their people get. Here are a few of their stories.

  • $1.3M+documented savings across six named clients
  • 20 yrsof cost stability for our longest-running client
  • 3 sectorspublic, private, and not-for-profit

01 · Featured

Hear it from a client, on the air.

In a WGEL radio interview, Bond County leaders explained why the county brought in ECG: a plan structured to save more than $300,000 for its 72 employees, even in a worst-case year.

And the difference between ECG and a traditional broker, as they put it: ECG works like your own personal financial planner, only for health insurance.

  • $300K+projected savings, worst case
  • 72county employees covered

02 · Client stories

Employers like yours, saving real money.

Public sector · Public employer

Two decades of cost stability

For 20 years this public employer’s $200 deductible hasn’t changed, and the employee’s monthly contribution has moved from $50 to just $52. Plan costs have grown about 3% a year on average, well below typical healthcare trend.

Deductible
$200, unchanged
Employee contribution
$50 → $52
Average increase
≈3% / yr
Figures from the client’s plan records. Savings continue each year. Could your plan be next?
Private · Trucking · Siedhoff Distributing

Changing course for a load of savings

With 86 employees enrolled, this family-owned distribution and trucking company needed a new way to manage healthcare costs. The decision to work with ECG paid off in the first year.

Employees enrolled
86
Saved
$292,000
Timeframe
One year
Figures from the client’s plan records. Savings continue each year. Could your plan be next?
Public · County government · Clinton County

A county elects a cost-saving program

With 201 lives enrolled, the county’s total insurance cost was $1,235,000 for 2020. With ECG’s guidance, it cut overall healthcare benefit costs by $352,000 and received a 33.17% reduction at renewal.

Lives enrolled
201
Cost reduction
$352,000
At renewal
−33.17%
Figures from the client’s plan records. Savings continue each year. Could your plan be next?
Private · Manufacturing · Enertech Global

Retooled pharmacy, big savings

With 207 lives enrolled, this manufacturer’s pharmacy costs weren’t sustainable. ECG’s pharmacy strategy cut prescription costs by $119,000 in the first six months and $281,013 over twelve, and employees’ copays dropped by $16,820 over the same period.

Lives enrolled
207
Rx savings, 12 mo.
$281,013
Employee copays
−$16,820
Figures from the client’s plan records. Savings continue each year. Could your plan be next?
Public · Municipality · City of Red Bud

Lower costs and better benefits

With 89 lives enrolled, annual rate increases were out of control. In 2007 the City Council chose ECG to manage its benefits program. Costs fell by more than $94,000 in the first year, benefits improved, and in 2025 employees still have the same $250 deductible they had in 2007.

Lives enrolled
89
Year-one savings
$94,000+
Deductible
$250 since 2007
Figures from the client’s plan records. Savings continue each year. Could your plan be next?
Private · Food & beverage · Ronnoco Beverage

A coffee company grinds out savings

This Midwest coffee and beverage company, with 134 employees, brought in ECG to reduce its health plan cost. In the first 15 months it saved $228,993, and employees saved another $10,990 through lower copays.

Employees
134
Company savings
$228,993
Employee savings
$10,990
Figures from the client’s plan records. Savings continue each year. Could your plan be next?
Public · Municipality · City of Carlyle

City saves, employees save, taxpayers save

With 36 employees enrolled, this lakeside city was drowning in premiums. After adopting ECG’s approach in 2014, it cut its health insurance budget by more than 40% in a year, lowered what employees pay for dependent coverage, and improved benefits for everyone. The savings have continued, and employees still have the same $500 deductible they had in 2014.

Employees
36
Year-one savings
$91,198
Deductible
$500 since 2014
Figures from the client’s plan records. Savings continue each year. Could your plan be next?
Not-for-profit · Mission-driven employer

Value returned to the mission

By combining pharmacy savings, manufacturer rebates, and captive underwriting profit, this not-for-profit reclaimed $473,000 and put it back to work for its mission.

Value returned
$473,000
Levers used
Pharmacy + risk financing
Sector
Not-for-profit
Figures from the client’s plan records. Savings continue each year. Could your plan be next?

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