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Slowdown in health insurance rate increases only relative: consultant: employers doing all they can to reduce their costs.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 27-OCT-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
San Diego employers will likely notice additional upticks in their health care costs for 2009, but forecasts show that the average rate of increase could slow to the lowest level since 2001.

On average, health care insurance will cost local businesses 7 percent more in 2009, down from increases of 8.9 percent in 2008 and 11.5 percent in 2007, according to estimates by Chicago-based human resources...

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