tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 9

COVERAGE: Plans Struggle To Justify Premium Costs To Even The Deepest Pockets

Employers' best efforts aren't enough to make health care affordable for non-retiree workers.Plans have long relied on employers to help bridge the cost gap between employees and their health care premiums. Those days could soon be over.As employers are able to contribute less and less toward workers' premiums, more and more workers are foregoing coverage. The number of uninsured Americans has risen for four straight years; 45.8 million people had no health insurance during 2004, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And it's no wonder, considering that for six years in a row, health care...

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