How to Put Health Care Costs in Stable Condition

摘要

Most employers would probably add rising health care costs to death and taxes as the few certainties of life. Indeed, heath care costs per employee are expected to rise 5.9% this year after an average 5.4% increase in 2011, according to a Towers Watson/National Business Group on Health survey released in March. Knowing this, corporate leaders continue to seek cost-cutting solutions for health care benefits. Whether they're offering more wellness programs or consumer-driven insurance plan options, companies recognize traditional approaches to health care benefits are too costly to maintain.