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The projected 9 percent cost increase is slightlyu lower thanthe 9.2 percentt increase in 2009 and 9.9 percent increase in 2008, PricewaterhouseCoopere says. Medical-cost increases continue to outpace inflation and wage The report suggests that medical costw continue to climbbecauss U.S. workers are accelerating thei r useof health-care services in anticipation of losingb their jobs and, potentially, their insurance. Rising unemployment, an increased numbers of individuals with little or no insurancer and a growing percentage of the population on Medicaid furthed rampup medical-cost trends — the figures actuariee use to set future health-insurancee premiums.
Employers surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers said they will push more of the costs of health insurance to their workerswin 2010. Employers also say they expecg workers to take more responsibility for managing theierpersonal health.