Average total health care costs per employee are expected to reach $11,664 in 2012, up from $10,982 in 2011. Employers are taking more aggressive steps to manage these costs with greater emphasis on employee accountability, while concurrently investing in the programs and emergin technologies to support and cultivate a healthy and productive workforce. To help hold the line on costs employers are also working with their health plan vendors and altering plan designs to improve the quality and efi ciency of care received by members. Affordability issues are a growing challenge Trends remain double the rate of inl ation. Employees’ share of premium costs increased between.
