That's not the point of the article. The point is to approach a new problem from the employer's side. If the headline was, "Cancer causes a growing problem for employees", we would all be saying, "No shit!"

And why approach it from the employer's side? Because they've already covered the human side:

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/31/gen-x-millennials-cancer-increase

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/09/cancer-treatments-jump-among-young-adults

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/19/cancer-colorectal-death-people-under-50

You really should read the article without prejudice. It even touches on how the cancer diagnosis might be tied to a lack of preventative medicine and care, both of which are caused by a lack of health insurance.

Also, framing the lack of healthcare as a burden on business is a really smart way to argue for universal healthcare, which seems to be what the article is arguing for if you read between the lines.

The truth is that a lot of people don't care about others' problems until those problems affect them. It isn't right, but that's humanity for you.