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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