Bigger isn’t always better: How one insurance company is changing healthcare plans

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When it comes to providing quality healthcare access, employers carry a great deal of weight on their shoulders — a weight bound to grow as employers and employees alike pay more and more for healthcare each year.

According to the annual Kaiser Family Foundation report, the average premium for employer-sponsored family healthcare jumped by 22% in the last five years, while rising as much as 54% over the previous ten years. PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that employer medical costs will increase by 6.5% in 2022.

Deanna Cuadra
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Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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