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‘Catch-Up Care’ Helps Explain Rise in Employers’ Health Insurance Costs: Mercer

Health insurance costs for employers rose the most in over a decade this year as Americans resumed non-urgent procedures delayed earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey published on Monday. The survey by benefits company Mercer of …

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 …

Employer Health Premiums Slow for Second Year: Kaiser

Health-insurance premiums to cover working Americans rose 4 percent this year, less than the previous two years in another sign that the cost of employee benefits for U.S. companies may be slowing. Annual premiums for a person who opts for …