Health benefit cost will top $13,000 per employee this year, according to an annual Mercer survey. The average total health benefit cost per employee grew 3.0% to reach $13,046, following a rise of 3.6% in 2018. It is the eighth consecutive year of health benefit cost growth in the low single digits, and employers expect cost to rise at a similar pace next year. Cost increases continue to outpace overall inflation, however, and health benefit cost management remains an imperative for most organizations.
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