Workers&#39; Health Coverage Worse Off
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Sept. 28, 2004 -- Health insurance prices far outstripped wages over the last four years, leaving Americans with less coverage at a far greater cost, according to a study unveiled Tuesday.
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In the past four years, Americans have spent a growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, according to government figures and several independent studies.
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Part-time workers, contractors, and early retirees who usually wouldn't qualify for corporate health insurance could get coverage under a plan unveiled yesterday by a consortium of dozens of large companies.
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CHICAGO: Health insurance premiums rose five times faster than US workersâ salaries this year, according to a survey released last Thursday that also showed slippage in the percentage of American workers covered by employer health plans.
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Health insurance premiums for workers are rising around three times faster than their wages, and health costs eat up a quarter of earnings for more than 14 million Americans, according to a survey on Tuesday.
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Health insurance premiums for workers are rising around three times faster than their wages, and health costs eat up a quarter of earnings
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Many companies are playing a bigger role in managing and monitoring their workersâ health in an effort to cut health care costs.
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NEW YORK - Health care costs continued to surge this year as family premiums in employer-sponsored plans jumped 11.2 percent, the fourth year of double-digit growth, according to a new study.    The cumulative effect of rising health care costs is taking a toll on workers: There are at least 5 million fewer jobs providing health insurance in 2004 than there were in 2001, according to the survey of 3,017 companies by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust...
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Employers face continued double-digit increases in health-care costs in 2005 and likely will require their workers to pay an even greater share of the bill, according to a new survey of more than 900 companies.
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For today&#39;s workers hoping for medical benefits when they retire, the future is looking increasingly grim. Eight percent of employers interviewed said they had eliminated subsidized health benefits for future
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will next year   curtail the options that it offers newly hired workers for   health-care coverage, promoting a low-premium, high-deductible   plan, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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As rising health-care costs hurt workers and retirees alike, America's trade unions are seen inching toward a broad-sweeping agreement with U.S. corporations on health-care reform.
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Nearly a quarter of workers retire early because of health problems, according to a survey released by Fidelity Investments yesterday, a finding likely to fuel a growing debate over how much Americans need to save for their retirement years.
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The gap between rises in health insurance premiums and wages is at its widest point in six years, a survey said on Tuesday, which experts said puts workers in a perilous position should the economy turn sour.
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The tug-of-war between labor and corporations on healthcare options continues to escalate.
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Charging workersâ out-of-pocket costs for medicines may be more than offset by reduced productivity, study finds.
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Premiums for job-based health insurance jumped 11.2 percent on average this year across the nation, according to a survey released Thursday, the latest evidence of a painful rise in medical costs that is placing an increasingly heavy burden on employers