Menopause costs the U.S. economy $26.6 billion annually when you add healthcare expenses to the $1.8 billion in lost workplace productivity. It's not a minor inconvenience but a major public health and business issue.
we're sitting there saying, oh, it's bothersome, or, you know, we shouldn't add them to the formulary plan, or we don't need to talk about them in benefits because they're just bothersome. But that's actually pharmaceutical study language and not all that there is to the symptoms of menopause. That second piece— and I can keep this real tight because the facts are out there— is if you look at Mayo Clinic data from 2023, and a lot of people have seen these numbers, that menopause is costing businesses $1.8 billion in reduced absenteeism— sorry, reduced presenteeism, absenteeism, turnover, all of these things. And when you add in healthcare costs, you're at $26.6 billion. And that's just in the US annually, right?
Reducing Regrettable Attrition in Organizations by Fixing the System, Not the People Reducing Regret
