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INDIANAPOLIS — Companies that offer employee health insurance expect another steep jump in medical costs next year, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
For the first time, most of the American workforce is expected to have health-insurance deductibles of $400 or more, the consulting firm said in a report.
PricewaterhouseCoopers found that medical costs are expected to rise 9 percent next year, but this doesn’t mean workers will see their monthly premiums jump by the same amount. Employers typically try to soften the impact by absorbing some of the cost increase.
