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More employers offer HDHPs, pay more premiums to woo employees

While employees worry about the higher out-of-pocket costs associated with HDHPs, lower premiums do attract some.

By Marlene Y. Satter | Updated on April 27, 2017
While employees worry about the higher out-of-pocket costs associated with HDHPs, lower premiums do attract some. (Photo: iStock)

High-deductible health plans are increasingly being offered by employers in four different business sectors, and those employers are adopting a range of strategies — including paying a larger share of premiums — in attempts to get employees to choose them. But employees aren’t necessarily convinced.

That’s according to the most recent report from Benefitfocus, Inc., which finds that in the education, manufacturing, health care and retail industries, the adoption of HDHPs was on the increase, with employers using a range of strategies to encourage employees to adopt them.

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