Blame it on an economy still on the mend or go so far as tocredit Obamacare. Either way, there's fresh evidence of aslowing in health inflation in the latest survey of employersby Towers Watson and the National Business Group for Health.
The survey also affirmed a trend abundantly familiar to a growingnumber of working Americans: cost-sharing is on therise.
The cost of providing employer-sponsored health care benefits,according to the survey, is expected to increase 4.4 percentthis year, climbing to $9,560 per employee compared to lastyear's $9,157.
That's a bigger jump between last year and2012 but not much of one. Employer health costs inthat period rose 4.1 percent, the lowest increase in 15years.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
