Employers Expect a 4.7{17904359e11cbfc70ac4d65bb875d3d2975e2e10411d6a84f2c5acc6e507ba2f} Increase in Health Benefit Costs for 2022 as They Focus on Improving Employee Benefits Rather Than Cost-Cutting, Mercer Survey Finds
NEW YORK, October 06, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Employers expect health benefit cost to rise 4.7{17904359e11cbfc70ac4d65bb875d3d2975e2e10411d6a84f2c5acc6e507ba2f} on average in 2022 compared to 2021, according to early results from Mercer’s National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 2021. The increase, based on 1,502 employer responses since mid-June, is largely in line with the average annual cost growth in recent years…