Cutting back employee health plans may be a false economy suggests new research from Mercer Human Re-source Consulting. Employers are increasingly tempted to cut back on private healthcare schemes, the costs of which are growing at several times the rate of inflation. According to Mercer, a key reason for this price rise is that more employees are choosing to use private over NHS treatment, partly due to the private sector's ability to cope with more complex medical conditions.
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机译：美世人力资源咨询公司（Mercer Human Re-source Consulting）的新研究表明，削减员工健康计划可能是一种错误的经济。雇主越来越倾向于削减私人医疗保健计划，其成本正以通货膨胀率的几倍增长。根据Mercer的说法，价格上涨的主要原因是，越来越多的雇员选择使用私人医疗服务而不是NHS治疗，部分原因是私营部门有能力应对更复杂的医疗条件。
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