To battle inflation, employees are forgoing healthcare

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What does inflation have to do with healthcare? As far as consumers are concerned, just about everything. 

The cost of healthcare is not immune to historic levels of inflation: A recent report by WTW predicts that global healthcare benefit costs will jump 10% in 2023. Coupled with rising consumer prices, and unaffordable healthcare can have troubling and swift impacts. According to a Gallup survey, high costs led 38% of Americans to postpone medical care in 2022.

Stephanie Schomer
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Stephanie Schomer is the editor-in-chief of Employee Benefit News. She was most recently the deputy editor of Entrepreneur magazine and previously held positions at Entertainment Weekly, … Read full bio


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