Increases in health care costs are coming out of workers' pockets ...

Increases in health care costs are coming out of workers' pockets one way or another: The tradeoff between employer premium contributions and ...

The rising price of health care, rather an increase in utilization, is responsible for approximately two-thirds of per-person medical and ...

Over the past 10 years, what employers have paid for workers' wages has risen 54% while in that same period, health care prices have gone up 230 ...

The cost per employee is expected to jump 5.8% on average in 2025, marking the third consecutive year of health benefit cost increases above 5%, ...

We also find that the job losses caused by rising health care prices are concentrated among low- and middle-income workers, whereas employment ...

Companies plan to shoulder most of the increase, but many workers could also feel the pinch in the form of higher premiums and out-of-pocket ...

Over the past 25 years, the gap between the increase in health insurance costs and workers' wages has significantly expanded.

In terms of 2024 health plans, employer costs increased 6.4 percent, while employee premiums from pay checks were slated to be a more modest 3.4 ...

Insurance coverage didn't prevent people from incurring medical debt. Thirty percent of adults with employer coverage were paying off debt from ...

According to data from Willis Towers Watson (WTW), Aon, and Mercer, employer healthcare costs are expected to increase from 5.4% to 8.5%. With ...

This can lead to higher hospital charges and lower quality of care. Consolidated private insurance companies can secure lower prices from ...

Although workers most directly feel the impact of their health care spending through out-of-pocket costs, economists have long argued that ...

Forecast: Average Health Care Cost per Employee Rising to $13,800 · Increase to U.S. Health Care Plan Costs from 2021 to 2022 · Slight Increase ...

During the pandemic in particular, some employer plan sponsors chose to absorb cost increases rather than ask employees to pay more out of ...

Over the last five years, the average premium for family coverage has increased by 24%, compared to a 28% increase in workers' wages and ...

Facing a tight labor market and rising health care costs, employers are wrestling with how to afford a new wave of pricey, highly effective ...

Health insurance premiums are yet again on the rise. Experts are projecting that healthcare costs will increase 8% in 2025, which are up 7% from ...

While employee-sponsored insurance premiums have continued to outpace wage growth and risen above the inflation rate, employers are expected to ...

Delayed and often more complicated care is not only more costly to employees but also may result in poorer health outcomes or health ...

Higher insurance premiums are only part of the picture. Americans are paying more out of pocket than ever before. A shift to high-deductible ...