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2026 Conference – From Awareness to Action, A Practical Talk on Women’s Health Benefits

Written by Aaron Harpaz on . Posted in Blog, Employer Conferences, Featured.

On May 13th, 2026, we hosted our annual Employers & Leaders Conference. Guided by our guest speaker, Angela Johnson, CEO & Founder of sanoLiving, we came together to learn and discuss how employers and insurers are moving from awareness to implementation in the women’s health benefits space. Angela Johnson delivered an insightful presentation on women’s health and how to implement it in our benefits offerings while also being a proactive employer. We dove into one of the most under-addressed drivers of benefit claims, productivity loss, and turnover in today’s workplace.

Key Takeaways from the Presentation:

Angela’s presentation highlighted the gaps in women’s health that were driving up benefit costs and pushing talented women out of the workforce. Notably, most benefit plans aren’t built to catch it.

Here are some of the standout insights:

  • Women’s health gaps are driving benefit costs, and it is increasing the cost for organizations every year.
  • What makes implementation hard: discomfort discussing women’s health, low awareness of impact on productivity, absences, & claims, and managers not equipped to recognize or respond.
  • What works: clear coverage that is easy to access, continuous awareness, and manager enablement to support employees.
  • Women have 2x more long-term disability mental health claims and a large jump in chronic disease drug claims versus men.
  • Menopause alone has pushed out women out of the workforce entirely.
  • Women hit peak earnings right when midlife health issues hit the hardest.
  • Most benefit offerings such as EAPs, telemedicine, and health care spending accounts treat symptoms but often miss the ability to find the root cause.

About the Speaker:

Angela Johnson is the CEO and Co-Founder of sanoLiving, a women’s health company whose programs reach more than 1,400 Canadian employers and 1.6 million employees and their dependents through partnerships with insurers such as Medavie, Pacific Blue Cross, and Desjardins, as well as third-party administrators, advisors and direct-to-employer relationships.

She brings deep experience as the founder of Medical Confidence and a former IBM leader, helping reshape how women access and receive care. sanoLiving combines AI-supported telemedicine, licensed clinicians and coaching to deliver assessment, diagnosis, prescriptions and navigation to in-person care, along with personalized support across the full spectrum of women’s health.

Continuing the Conversation:

We’re incredibly grateful to have Angela Johnson and all attendees join us and make this year’s conference a success.

If you’d like to learn more about women’s health and what can be implemented or if you simply are trying to understand more of your utilization details, we love to start the conversation. We invite you to explore our services here.

Stay tuned for more events and resources designed to inspire and empower leaders in being proactive in today’s work environment.