Healthcare has long been viewed as an employee benefit—important but largely owned by HR and benefits teams. For Indiana employers navigating rising costs, growing rates of chronic conditions , mental health challenges , and persistent access barriers, that framing no longer holds. At a recent roundtable co-hosted by Marathon Health and IBJ Media at Gridiron Hall at Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center, business, healthcare, and civic leaders gathered to explore a bigger question: What changes when workforce health becomes a business strategy?