At Ford, GeneralMotors Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, the tab for healthinsurance topped $2 billion in 2015 and has only grown since.(Photo: Shutterstock)
Ford Motor Co. expects the cost of health insurance for its 56,000 hourlyworkers in the U.S. to top $1 billion for the first time next year,according to a person familiar with the situation, highlighting agrowing expense for automakers even as car sales slow.
Those mounting health-care costs represent a potential stickingpoint in this year's contract talks between the United Auto Workersand the three U.S. automakers that tried and failed four years agoto address an expanding outlay that threatens profits and jobs. AtFord, General Motors Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, the tabfor health insurance topped $2 billion in 2015 and has only grownsince.
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