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Workers brace for higher health care costs

More than 40 percent of employers say they are likely to pass along cost increases to workers, and about half of workers expect their health benefit costs to go up whether directly or indirectly related to the PPACA.

By Jenny Ivy | Updated on January 26, 2011

<!–Health care premium–>Although they admit they don’t know much about health reform, workers and employers alike are bracing for the higher health benefit costs that may or may not stem from the new laws.

According to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute, more than 40 percent of employers say they are likely to pass along cost increases to workers, and about half of workers expect their health benefit costs to go up whether directly or indirectly related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

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