article thumbnail

Increases in Employee Healthcare Costs Pushing Businesses to Innovative Solutions to Lower Costs

ACA Times

The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) recently conducted the Large Employers’ 2018 Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey and found that the total healthcare (medical and pharmaceutical) costs this year will be $13,482 per employee. In addition, more employers will invest in accountable care organizations (ACOs).

article thumbnail

Health Care for a Typical Working Family of Four in America Will Cost $28,166 in 2018

Health Populi

in March 2018 — roughly the rate of growth of healthcare spending for a family of four between 2017 and 2018, as the Milliman Medical Index noted. Last year’s rate of growth was 4.6%. The latest wage increase data shows that Americans’ wages grew by about 4.5%