Large Employers Anticipate Cost Of Healthcare Plans Will Rise By 5% In 2018

According to NAHU's most recent newsletter, large employers anticipate that by 2018 healthcare plan costs will rise by 5%. This increases can be attributed to expensive specialty drugs along with individuals with high medical costs. 

NAHU also claims that recent data also shows that “employers will shoulder approximately 70 percent of those health costs, leaving employees on the hook for an average of $4,400, through premiums, out-of-pocket costs and contributions to health savings accounts.”

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