Survey: Employer-Sponsored Healthcare Costs to Rise 7% in 2013

Large employers expect healthcare benefits to rise 7 percent next year, which could consequently leave employees bearing more costs of their healthcare premiums, according to a survey from the National Business Group on Health.

The survey fielded responses from 82 of the country's largest corporations last month. Here are other major findings from the survey.


•    Sixty percent of employers plan to increase the percentage of the premium paid by employees in 2013, although most said the increase would not be higher than 5 percent.

•    Forty percent of respondents said they will increase in-network deductibles, while one-third of employers said they will increase out-of-network deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums.

•    Employers believe consumer-directed health plans, or high-deductible health plans, as well as wellness programs are the most effective cost control strategies for health insurance.

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