How to unscramble healthcare for the U.S. workforce

Lately it seems like collective uncertainty about the economy is mainly focused on one thing: eggs.

This isn’t surprising. When the price of a kitchen staple like eggs nearly doubles in a year, it’s easy to make it a go-to symbol for the broader basket of financial anxieties many consumers are feeling. I get it, but I also worry all the egg-centric media coverage is overshadowing what is, for most households, a much bigger and more important line item: healthcare.

So far this year...