Half of U.S. employees with employer-sponsored health care said in a recent survey that paying their share of that coverage is causing them pain. Worse, nearly all of them said the stress was contributing to a decline in their health.
Those were among the discouraging findings released by PayMedix, a firm that extends credit to consumers in exchange for paying outstanding medical debt. PayMedix polled more than 1,000 such plan members, as well as 210 HR benefits managers, to gauge the effects employer health plans and skyrocketing medical costs were having on insured consumers.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
