Employer coverage trends
Quick View. Jan. 6, 2003.
Increase in health care costs that employers say they can tolerate before making a "fundamental" change in benefits: |
15% |
| Increase that the largest companies, with over 20,000 employees, say they can tolerate: |
11% |
HMO enrollment among covered employees in 2002: |
29% |
In 2001:
|
33% |
PPO enrollment in 2002: |
50% |
| In 2001: |
46% |
HMOs now specifying that hospital deductibles must be paid by employees: |
45% |
| In 2000: |
35% |
| Current median deductible: |
$250 |
|
Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting
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