Lower Rate Increases Often Come With Fewer Benefits

Group premiums rose about 5% this year compared with last year.  This is lowest premium increase in several years.  But since nothing significant has been done to curb rise in health care costs ( force behind rising health premiums) the lower-than-inflation premium increase isn’t likely to become a trend. One reason for the lower premium increases is that small group health policies are starting to look more like the products popular in t

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