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Medical providers levy higher charges on private insurers to com-pensate for low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates, adding a cost burden of more than $900 per private family plan per year, according to a study conducted by Milliman Consultants and Actuaries for Seattle-based Premera Blue Cross. Employers Trying New Approaches To Control Health Care Costs Having concluded that cost-shifting to employees alone is not enough to bring their health care benefits expenditures under control, some large employers are testing new health care purchasing models, according to a report on health insurance benefits strategies by Deloitte Consulting LLP and the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Small Employers With Poor Benefits Risk Losing Employees Employees of small companies are far more likely to express dissatisfaction with their employer-provided benefits than workers at larger companies, which could make it difficult for small businesses to retain valued employees, according to MetLife’s annual Employee Benefits Benchmarking Report. Government Panel Advocates Basic Universal Health Care In an interim report released in June, a committee set up by Congress to gauge public opinion on the current health care system and formulate a plan for achieving reform advocated providing basic universal health care coverage for all Americans by 2012. |
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