MOBILE, ALA.—Not long ago, Dr. Richard Menger, a neurosurgeon, was ready to operate on a 16-year-old with complex scoliosis.

Battered by multiple years of high health care costs, employers are planning to shift more of the expense to workers in 2026, a new survey released Wednesday found.

Now, though, there are some bipartisan health care policies, from pharmacy-benefit manager reform to Medicare doctor payment ...