Only a quarter of employers are certain they will still be offering company-sponsored health insurance a decade from now.
That's down from 38 percent in 2010 and 73 percent in 2007, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the National Business Group on Health.
Blame – or credit, depending on your viewpoint – the changes set in motion by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which, it appears, will lead to a company benefits philosophy straight out of the 1950s.
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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.
