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Employers taking 'bold steps' with health benefits

Dont count on employers to stop offering health benefits altogether, but do count on big changes in how they offer the benefits.

By Kathryn Mayer | Updated on March 04, 2013
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Don’t count on employers to stop offering health benefits altogether, but do count on big changes in how they offer the benefits.

That’s the main finding from recent analysis by Aon Hewitt. The vast majority of large and mid-size U.S. employers — 94 percent — say they’ll continue to offer health benefits to their employees in the next three to five years, but almost two-thirds plan to move away from a traditional “managed trend” approach to one that requires participants to take a more active role in their health care planning.

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