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CDHP, HDHP Companies
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CDHPs SHOW PROMISE ON MEDICAL COSTS, PWC SAYS
“It’s too early to say definitively that consumer-directed plans will lower overall health spending, but given their more flexible framework, they seem a promising way for employers to keep premium costs down,” said Jack Rodgers, managing director of the health policy economics group of PricewaterhouseCoopers (New York).
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CDHP COSTS RISE 5.3% IN 2006, MERCER SAYS
Employer costs for consumer-directed health plans rose 5.3% to $5770 per employee per year in 2006, compared to $5480 last year, according to a study from Mercer Health & Benefits (New York).
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