Recent Survey Examines Employer-Based Health Benefits

In "Health care costs, benefits, and reform: What’s the next move for employers? Results of Deloitte’s 2013 Survey of U.S. Employers", Deloitte reports that:

"Eight in 10 employers offer health and other benefits to attract and retain talent in their bid to capture the skills and expertise necessary to support business success. Employer-sponsored insurance provided benefits to 55 percent (170.9 million) of the total population in 2012;(6) or about 56 percent (149 million) of the nonelderly population.(7) The cost of health care is high and rising. For the past 10 years, health care costs have exceeded U.S. economic growth by an average 2.5 percent annually. The anticipated average annual growth rate of health care costs is 5.8 percent per year through 2022,(8) well above gross domestic product (GDP), average wages, and productivity gains. Improving economic conditions,(9) the impact of the ACA’s insurance coverage expansions, declining population health overall, and an aging population will drive this health care expenditure growth."

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