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Reform driving up health plan costs

Compliance with health care reform is already driving up costs for some employers group health plans, and a majority of employers expect price increases to be passed on to employees, according to a Willis Group Holdings survey.

By Kathryn Mayer | Updated on March 12, 2012

Compliance with health care reform is already driving up costs for some employers’ group health plans, and a majority of employers expect price increases to be passed on to employees, according to a Willis Group Holdings survey.

Though most employers haven’t yet calculated the cost of compliance with the PPACA, of those who did, more than 55 percent said their total health care costs had risen at least two percent as a direct result of the reforms. More than 15 percent of those employers said their costs have risen in excess of 5 percent since 2010.

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