KevinMD December 16, 2023
Are you satisfied with your health benefits plan? That’s one of the many questions asked of over 2,000 employers, running large and small businesses, by the annual survey from KFF. Approximately 153 million workers and their families receive health benefits from employers in the U.S. Therefore, the survey results offer a window on the current satisfaction (or lack thereof) of health plans, whether by self-insured entities or as part of a comprehensive benefits package offered by non-federal public and private firms.
As you might expect, employers have experienced rising costs for health benefits beyond the rate of inflation over the past several years. While the percentage of costs assumed by employees has remained relatively constant (around 25 percent), the costs...