Large employers grumble about the cost of providing health benefits, but a survey of some of these companies indicates they still highly value benefits programs and won't soon back away from providing coverage.

Conducted by Pacific Resources, a Chicago-based benefits advisor, the data comes from mostly Fortune 1000 corporations and clearly supports other data that says benefits are here to stay, at least among the largest companies.

The health plans of the corporations surveyed cover nearly 6 million Americans.

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