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Employees' health care burden growing 8 times faster than wages
By Emily Payne"Rising health care costs absolutely remain a burden for employers, but they're a bigger problem for workers," says KFF president Drew Altman.
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"Rising health care costs absolutely remain a burden for employers, but they're a bigger problem for workers," says KFF president Drew Altman.