Becker's Healthcare October 4, 2018
1. For the first time, the costs of employer sponsored family healthcare coverage has reached approximately $20,000 per year. The year-over-year growth in this number exceeds average inflation. This does not match the horrendous increases over inflation of several years back.
2. The employee paid approximately $5,547 of this with the employer bearing the rest. This is up just $30 per family since 2017. Average total insurance costs for an individual were $6,896 in 2018, a 3 percent rise over 2017.
As inflation in total premiums has softened just one bit, workers and individuals have paid for that in part through higher deductibles.
3. The blame for increased costs due to one report from the Health Care...
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