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The projected increase remains below the 8.3% CPI inflation rate. Small solace for plan sponsors seeking the ever-elusive predictable annual premium increase.

Slammed by critics for being slow to respond to mounting price pressures, the Federal Reserve has unleashed the most aggressive tightening campaign since the 1980s.

Administrative costs account for 15% to 30% of U.S. health care spending – and at least half of that spending is wasteful. Researchers note that not all administrative spending is wasteful, making a distinction between spending and waste.

New study suggests many of them believe their company may not survive.

High spenders including the U.S. didn't rank as highly as their expenditures might indicate.

Only about 40% have a positive outlook about the U.S. economy over the next six months, compared with nearly 70% a year ago, a new survey from Grant Thornton finds.