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Employer Insurance Still Leaves Workers Watching Bills
· New York time
About 157 million Americans receive health insurance through work, yet health costs remain a leading concern for workers. An employer survey shows a moderate price increase this year, according to NPR, while employees continue to report financial strain. Those findings can coexist. A moderate increase in the price of coverage does not mean that workers experience medical expenses as modest. Being insured and finding care affordable are related questions, not identical ones. The economic assessment therefore needs both the employer figures and workers' experience. One describes a change in costs; the other describes life with the bill. The benefits brochure can offer reassuring colors and an impressive network diagram, but it cannot persuade a household budget to become more flexible by printing the word comprehensive in a larger font.
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