The Resourceful Bear Blog

November 19 – Financial Times (Rebecca Knight): “The amount of money US employers and workers spend on health benefits will continue to rise at twice the rate of inflation next year, prompting an increasing number of employers to drop coverage for their employees, according to a survey being released today. The survey, conducted annually by Mercer Health & Benefits, the human resources consulting group, found that the total health benefit cost rose by 6.1% in 2007, the same pace as last year, to an average of $7,983 per employee… ‘This puts US companies at a significant disadvantage in the global, competitive economy,’ he said.”