As part of its mission to equip students to become the next generation of healthcare leaders, the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management at the Naveen Jindal School of Management frequently sponsors events that illuminate the biggest issues the healthcare industry faces. On Oct. 4, the CHLM focused on the challenges employers face in providing affordable healthcare insurance to their employees in a panel discussion, “How Employers are Responding to the Rising Costs of Healthcare.” Dr. John McCracken, executive director of the Alliance for Medical Management Education, a partnership program between the Jindal School and UT Southwestern Medical Center that trains physicians in healthcare leadership and management, set the stage. He provided an analysis that revealed how much costs have risen in the past two decades for the 157.5 million American employees who obtain healthcare coverage through employer-based plans.