Advisory Board July 22, 2025
According to a new survey from Mercer, a growing number of employers are considering shifting more healthcare costs to workers as health-related expenses continue to increase. At the same time, employers are also looking for more ways to keep care affordable for their workers, especially amid ongoing recruitment and retention issues.
Employers look to shift healthcare costs amid financial pressures
For the survey, which was conducted between April 8 and April 25, analysts at Mercer spoke to 711 employers about their health and benefit strategies for next year. Among the respondents, 504 had 500 or more employees.
According to Mercer, employers’ annual healthcare cost increases typically averaged around 3% before seeing a sustained increase starting in 2023. In 2023, total...
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