CEO SUMMARY: Health insurance costs are climbing again for the nation’s employers. Premium increases for 1999 average in excess of 10%. After losing money in 1997 and 1998, managed care companies are serving stiff premium increases to their customers. For clinical laboratories, the impact of these national trends are too soon to predict. But there […]
Health Insurance Costs Begin New Upward Spiral
Health premium increases for 1999 reverse multi-year trend of flat or declining costs
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume V No. 16 - November 30, 1998 Issue
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