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Health care costs are poised to jump by 6.8% in 2015, a slight jump from the 6.5% projected increase this year, experts at PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute say.
PwC attributes the spike to a revitalized economy, the modernization of health care technology and the drastic increase in specialty drug use by 2020, says Michael Thompson, global human resources services principal at PwC. We see drugs as being a key contributor, he says.
Nick Otto is a former senior editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser.
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Jose Conde has been working with specialty care support platform Lantern for over a year, receiving aid with everything from oncology specialist connections to claims to empathetic support.
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