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Employers Expect Above-Average Rise in Cost of Employee Benefits in 2018: Mercer Survey

Employers expect that their average cost per-employee for health benefits will rise by 4.3 percent in 2018, which is above the average increase of 3 percent of the past five years. Early responses from Mercer’s National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health …

Employees’ Share of Health Insurance Costs Rising

Health insurance costs have been rising at historically low rates over the last several years. Yet it may not feel that way to consumers. While premiums — what companies and workers pay to buy health insurance– have been rising slowly, …