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Rising employer benefit costs


Survey: Employers expect third year of high health cost growth in 2025

Total health benefit cost per employee is expected to rise 5.8% on average in 2025, even after accounting for planned cost-reduction measures.

Health Benefit Costs to Rise More Than 5% for Third Consecutive Year

Employers estimated that their health benefit costs would rise by an average of about 7% if they took no action to lower costs. Smaller ...

Health benefit costs to rise 5.8% per employee in 2025: survey

Health benefit costs per employee are expected to rise 5.8% on average in 2025, even after companies implement cost-saving measures, according to preliminary ...

Employers expect third consecutive year of health benefit cost ...

According to an analysis of responses from over 1,800 US employers, total health benefit cost per employee is expected to rise 5.8% on average ...

The future of US employee healthcare benefits - McKinsey & Company

Healthcare costs for employers could rise by 9 to 10 percent through 2026. Rising healthcare costs could reduce the profits of employers across industries.

Employer health benefits costs likely to soar again in 2025

According to a recent Mercer report, employers across the nation are expected to face a large increase in the total cost of healthcare benefits in 2025.

Employers Project 8%-9% Rise in Health Care Costs for 2025 - SHRM

Two new reports found that employers' health care costs will rise between 8% and 9% in 2025 if organizations don't find ways to reduce spending.

2025 Employee Benefits Costs: 10 Ways to Combat Rising Health ...

We've highlighted 10 strategies that HR professionals can use to counteract the effects of rising healthcare costs.

2024 Employer Health Benefits Survey - KFF

Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage reached $25,572 this year, 7% higher. On average, workers contributed $6,296 ...

Employers Project 8% Rise in Health Care Costs for 2025

US employers project a median health care cost increase of 8% for 2025, according to International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans survey results.

Rising employer benefit costs, in 3 charts - Advisory Board

The cost of health insurance for U.S. employers is expected to rise nearly 6% on average next year, even after accounting for planned ...

Mercer: How much employer benefit costs could rise in 2025

Employers are bracing for a third straight year with health benefit cost increases of more than 5%, according to a new report from Mercer.

US employers expect nearly 6% spike in health insurance costs in ...

NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) - U.S. employers expect health insurance costs to rise an average 5.8% in 2025, largely due to increased cost of ...

Employers Look to Balance Rising Health Costs, Benefit Upgrades ...

New Mercer study advises organizations to assess their investments in health benefits more carefully than ever to create real, ...

Health Insurance Costs Are Squeezing Workers and Employers

As premiums rise faster than wages, workers face greater cost sharing, leaving some underinsured. Authors ...

Employee Benefits Costs On the Rise: What it Means for Employers

Some employers are hoping to lower their costs by doing everything they can to overtly discourage workers from actually using their health benefits, even ...

Employers expect health benefits costs to rise 7% in 2025

The employers told Mercer plan changes should hold their spending increases to 5.8%, in a new survey.

Why does the cost of employer-sponsored coverage keep rising?

Over the past quarter century, the cumulative increase in the cost of employer-provided family health insurance coverage has grown at a rate ...

Workplace insurance could soon be stripped down - Axios

Driving the news: Absent any changes to the way benefits are designed, the Business Group on Health estimates health care costs will jump nearly ...

U.S. Employer Health Care Costs Projected to Rise 9% in 2025

In 2024, employer costs for medical and prescription drug benefits increased 6.4% to $11,956 per employee, while employee premiums from ...