Health care costs for employers providing employee benefits to their employees has risen at a rate five times higher than inflation. It is outpacing earnings and really stampeding out of control. It has become such a problem that many employers are having to forgo offering benefits to their employees, or must force them to take on higher premiums or deductibles and fewer coverages. If employers are unable to provide adequate healthcare to their employees, it is likely to cause a decline in worker productivity, an increase in absenteeism, and other detriments to a company’s bottom line. Do you think employers should make health insurance a bigger investment in order to prevent bigger problems down the line? Or will they only be able to look at the immediate cost?

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