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Employees’ health care costs keep rising

The typical worker in the U.S. will not be happy to hear this: theyre likely to spend an average of $5,200 in health care costs next year.

By Marlene Y. Satter | Updated on August 24, 2017
Two factors will boost U.S. employees’ health care cost increases in 2018 to the highest levels in three years. Photo: Getty Images

The average worker in the U.S. will not be happy to hear this: they’re likely to spend an average of $5,200 in health care costs next year. 

That’s according to a new analysis from Aon, which points to both inflation in medical costs and increases in employees’ cost share for their health care as causes. In fact, Aon says that those two factors will boost U.S. employees’ health care cost increases in 2018 to the highest levels in three years. 

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