More employers are trying to assuage worker concerns about how much of their salary goes to their health coverage by pegging the cost of coverage to salary ranges.
This trend was noted by Mercer in a study of how companies were managing their health care plans. Mercer's survey revealed that 12 percent of responding companies were using salary-based health coverage schemes in 2012, up from 10 percent in 2011. Now, signs are that that percentage is about to jump significantly.
Large employers are leading the way; in Mercer's study, 20 percent of firms defined as "large" were segregating employees into premiums based upon a salary range. But more are following, as Obamacare begins to assume a less-fuzzy shape.
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