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Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace
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Exhibit 2.8: Average Increase in Total Retiree Health Costs, by Firm Size, 2001-2004
The total cost of retiree health care (firm and participant contributions) in large firms that offer retiree benefits rose by 13% on average in 2003, a slower growth rate than the 16% cost increase in 2001.
 
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Notes: Based on responses from private-sector firms with 1,000 or more employees that offer retiree health benefits.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation/Hewitt Associates, Current Trends and Future Outlook for Retiree Health Benefits: Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2004 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits, December 2004, Exhibit 5, at http://www.kff.org/medicare/7194/retiree_ben_sec2.cfm.

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Publication Number: 7031
Information Updated: 04/11/05

 

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