MCOL October 11, 2019
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Much is being said about the increasing burden of employee health insurance cost sharing, which continues to far outpace employee wage increases and other cost of living indexes. The prevalence of high deductible plans is often cited as a significant factor adding to this burden. Perhaps not enough is being said about the prevalence of employers that do not make any or adequate account contributions for such high deductible plans, and the role of these absentee employers in adding to the employee burden.

The current issue of MCOL’s ThoughtLeaders asks “What are the stakeholder implications going forward arising from employee health plan cost sharing increasing at twice the rate of wages during the past decade?”

Lindsay Resnick, EVP at Wunderman...

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