Healthcare Finance News August 21, 2025
This forecast comes as more employees use GLP-1s for obesity, receive cancer diagnoses and use mental health services.
Employers predict that healthcare cost trend increases for 2026 will come in at a median of 9%, which means they’ll need to take a hard look at the benefits they’re offering employees, according to Business Group on Health’s 2026 Employer Health Care Strategy Survey.
This forecast comes as more employees use GLP-1s for obesity, receive cancer diagnoses and use mental health services, the survey showed. On a compounded basis, costs in 2026 are likely to be 62% higher than 2017 levels.
Analysts said employers will need to make bold and strategic moves to contain costs, even if it means disrupting existing healthcare...
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