Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Most Americans are covered by employer based health care insurance.

Those plans have experienced low percentages of increase. The costs are still very manageable for employers. The oppositional Republicans never reflect on this reality. 

After plan design changes (click here) and vendor negotiations, the average health care rate increase for mid-size and large companies was 3.2 percent in 2015, marking the lowest rate increase since 1996, according to a new analysis by Aon.

Aon projects average premium increases will jump to 4.1 percent in 2016...

In this study of Aon Health Care reflects the very promise of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The ACA stated in time the cost of health care premiums would decrease. That is exactly what the Aon study of Employer based health care plans reflect. The reduction in the increase is across the board in any type of health care plan, too.

The increases in employer sponsored health care in 2011 far exceeds that of the increases in 2015 and expected in 2016. It cuts the increase in half.