Employers may be seeing some small relief on their health care premiums as rates have not increased as substantially as they have in the past, according to a survey from Aon Consulting.

Aon Consulting, a subsidiary of Chicago-based insurance broker Aon Corp., said from a survey of 70 major health care insurers representing more than 100 million insured individuals, it projects that health care costs over the next 12 months will increase an average of 10.6 percent. This is slightly less than the 11 percent increase projected last year.

By medical plans, Health Management Organizations are expected to rise 10.6 percent this year, compared to a 10.9 percent increase in the spring of last year. Point of Service plans are expected to rise 10.5 percent compared to 10.8 percent last year. Preferred Provider Organizations are expected to see a 10.7 percent increase, a 0.5 point decrease over year's 11.2 percent. Consumer-driven health care plans dropped from 10.7 percent last year to 10.5 percent.

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