Employers anticipate total health care costs will reach $11,664 per active employee in 2012, up from $10,982 in 2011 — a increase in total costs over the period (Figure 5, page 8). The average employer share of total costs also continues to climb to unprecedented levels — $8,900 in 2012, compared with $8,453 in 2011. Meanwhile, employees, on average, paid of total premium costs in 2011 and are expected to pay in 2012, as companies take steps to control their costs. In paycheck deductions, this translated into an average employee contribution of $2,529 to premiums in 2011,.
