Employers Cut Benefits To Rein In Health Care Costs

NU Online News Service, Aug. 11, 10:35 a.m. EDT–Small to mid-sized employers held health care cost increases to under 10 percent in 2003 by cutting benefits, a study finds.[@@]

According to the study of 1,900 employers by Marsh Inc., Minneapolis, the total cost of medical, dental and other health plans employers offered averaged $6,130 per employee in 2003.

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