Employers Shifting Healthcare Costs to Workers, Survey Shows

The healthcare policy issue continues to be a public problem as the high level of unemployment and the weak economy shifts health care costs to employees. The premiums that employees pay rose and the amount that employers contribute fell. This is a public problem because workers with health benefits are paying more than ever. They are paying 3% more of the premium for family coverage and 2% more for single coverage. To survive this increase, many employers are concluding that one way to make it through this recession and to encourage their employees to stay with them was to pass their health premium increases to their employees this year. The legislation believes that the only thing to do to control costs right now is to shift these costs to people.

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-Kilee Imlay