INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —V neck dresses Large employers expect their health care benefit costs to rise 8.9% next year, and more will ask their employees to make a bigger contribution, according to a survey from the National Business Group on Health.
The nonprofit, which works with big companies on health care costs, said Wednesday their members tell them they expect costs to rise more than the 7% increase they expected on average for this year.
A total of 63% of employers who responded said they planned to increase the percentage employees contribute to their premiums. That's up from 57% last year.
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A total of 61% intend to offer a consumer-directed health plan in 2011. Those typically pair insurance that carries a high annual deductible with an account fed either by an employer or by the employee through pretax contributions to help cover costs.
The National Business Group on Health said its survey was based on responses from 72 companies, each with more than 5,000 employees. These companies provide their own insurance and have a health insurer administer the coverage.
moncler men Spokesman Ed Emerman said the expected cost increase includes the impact from health care reform, the massive bill Congress passed in March that aims to cover millions of uninsured people. But the survey did not ask employers how much health reform will contribute to next year's cost increases.
A handful of provisions in the law will affect next year's benefit plans. They include the extension of dependent coverage to adult children up to age 26 and a prohibition of lifetime limits on the dollar value of coverage.
Moncler Men's Jackets Consultants have said they expect reform to boost benefits costs by anywhere from less than 1% to 2% next year.
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