Study Expects Health Benefit Cost Per Employee to Rise in 2014

In "Employers Hold the Line on Health Benefit Cost per Employee in 2014", Mercer reports that:

"Based on early responses from a major survey conducted annually by Mercer, employers expect health benefit cost per employee will rise by 4.8% on average in 2014. Cost growth slowed to 4.1% in 2012, a 15-year low. The projected increase for 2014, while still relatively low, represents a slight uptick in the rate of growth...

Employers estimate that if they made no changes to their current plans, health benefit cost per employee would rise by 7% on average in 2014."

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