Health costs rise again for large businesses

Published August 9, 2016 9:50pm ET



Healthcare costs at large employers are expected to increase by 6 percent next year for the second year in a row, even as high drug costs create new pressures, a new survey found.

The annual survey of large businesses found that even though the cost increases were the same as last year, costs are still running more than twice the rate of inflation, according to the National Business Group on Health, which conducted the poll.

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