Adopting new technology-enabledtools and solutions that addresses the high cost of health carehave allowed employers to cut costs without any increases or otherfinancially intrusive measures. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The benefits of technology are being seen in theemployee benefits world. According to a new Mercer National Survey of Employer-Sponsored HealthPlans, health benefits cost growth will hold steady at 4.1percent in 2019. The survey shows that medical costs have actuallydeclined from 6.5 percent to about 5.3 percent leading into2019.

This year, many employers surveyed said that adopting newtechnology-enabled tools and solutions thataddresses the high cost of health care have allowed the costs to becut or held without any increases or other financially intrusivemeasures.

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