Health costs rising faster than wages
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Health care costs grew faster than the overall economy in the first half of this year, according to a study released Thursday. Although the increase
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Premiums for employer-sponsored health plans rose an average of 11.2 percent in 2004, the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to a study released Thursday by the Washington, DC-based Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and
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The cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 per cent this year, according to the results of an authoritative national survey.
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The cost of Medicaid continues to grow faster than any other portion of state spending, overtaking primary education for the first time and forcing reductions in welfare and other assistance, according to a report released Tuesday by the nation's governors and budget officers.
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Employers are facing 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 firms.    The survey, released Thursday by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, found that employers expect health care costs to rise 12.9 percent on average next year if they leave benefits unchanged...
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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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A relentless rise in the cost of employee health insurance has become a significant factor in the employment slump.
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After years of double-digit cost increases, employers are seeing a significant slowing in the rate of growth in what they pay for employee health insurance.
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Health insurance premiums for federal employees and retirees will increase by an average of 2.1 percent next year, the Office of Personnel Management announced this afternoon.
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As many of the nationâs largest employers struggle to control rising retiree health costs, they are asking their retirees to pay more and plan to do so again in 2005, according to new survey results.
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Employers' health premiums rose 11.2 percent this year, according to a benchmark study released yesterday that reinforces voter concerns about the US healthcare system.
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As a new enrollment period gears up, employers are bracing for how much it is going to cost to cover their workers&#39; health. Although insurance premiums are expected to rise at a slower rate than
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As overall healthcare costs continue to rise sharply, prescription drugs have emerged as a surprising exception.
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GREENVILLE -- Medical lawsuits are one of the driving forces behind skyrocketing health care costs. That&#39;s according to Secretary Tommy Thompson, of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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WASHINGTON -- Indiana workers and those in 34 other states saw health insurance premiums rise nearly three times faster than average earnings in the past four years, a study based on federal data shows.
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Health-care costs are expected to rise more than 11 percent for US employers in 2005, the fifth consecutive year of double-digit increases, and little relief is expected in the next five years
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Description: NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about a new study showing that in 2004, health insurance premiums rose five times faster than the salaries of US workers.