Mercer Annual Survey Finds Health Benefit Cost Growth Will Hold at 4.1% in 2019

Business Wire September 12, 2018

High-tech/high touch point solutions, integrated platforms, and predictive analytics are just some of the ways employers are deriving higher value from health benefit offerings

Highlighting the many ways that health technology is transforming employer-sponsored health benefit programs, Mercer unveiled early results from its industry-leading survey at this year’s HR Technology Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. Based on the first 1,566 responses¹ to the Mercer National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, Mercer projects that health benefit cost per employee will rise by 4.1% on average in 2019.