Posted on September 16, 2009 at 7:13 am

A Kaiser Family Foundation study says that, despite the most painful recession in decades, the average family and employers can still expect to pay 5 percent more for a workplace health plan this year.

The survey shows that health benefits relatively stable despite the severe economic downturn. As noted above, this may indicate a strong commitment by employers to maintaining workers’ benefits, but also could reflect the possibility that some employers made decisions about health benefits before the implications of the worsening economy were fully apparent.

Click here for the report’s summary and here for the Kaiser Foundation page with much more info.

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