Health Insurance News Expect Health Insurance Costs To Rise — Again — For Kc Employers In 2025

Why Your Health Insurance Costs Will Soar in 2026

According to KFF, employers typically pay between 75% and 85% of the plan’s expenses and pass the rest onto workers. The remainder is usually deducted from their paychecks in the form of premiums. For ... Read More

Health insurance costs spike for businesses, workers after pandemic

New data shows employer-sponsored health insurance costs in California jumped sharply from 2022 to 2025, rising twice as fast as inflation while shifting more costs onto workers and employers. Read More

What Your Company Can Expect as Employer Health Insurance Costs Climb in 2026

Employer-provided family health insurance prices rose 6 percent this year, and will likely increase by double-digits next year. Open enrollment season begins November 1, and many employees are stunned ... Read More

Employers anticipate 6.7% jump in health benefits costs, finds Mercer

Employers expect that health benefits costs will reach an average of $18,500 per employee, for a 6.7% increase in costs in 2026. That's according to the latest survey from Mercer, which released its ... Read More

As health insurance costs rise, lawmakers remain undecided on who should pay for healthcare

The U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world by far. The projected increase in the number of uninsured people over the next 10 years could result in even higher costs, as fewer ... Read More

Employers can expect +$18.5K in per-worker health insurance costs next year

Employers can anticipate a 6.7% increase in total health benefit costs in 2026 — the steepest in 15 years — according to the 2025 National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans from consulting ... Read More

Southern Californians, your health insurance costs could rise in 2026

Covered California warns that some people may be at risk of dropping their health insurance. It all comes as the deadline to enroll nears. Read More

Health care costs are surging in NYS and nationally. Here's what's driving them.

To retain good employees, Rich Michals Jr. has paid the entire cost of health insurance premiums for his local workers at the Farmingdale-based Parcel Management Auditing and Consulting for all of the ... Read More

Ohioans' health insurance was expensive this year. It will cost even more in 2026

Health insurance costs for workers with employer-sponsored plans are expected to rise significantly in 2026. The projected rate spike could be the highest since 2010, outpacing wage growth and ... Read More

What Your Company Can Expect as Employer Health Insurance Costs Climb in 2026

Open enrollment season begins November 1, and many employees are stunned by price increases in their company-provided health insurance coverage. The sticker shock many workers feel now were already a ... Read More