Most Employers Plan to Maintain Benefits Despite Rising Costs
A breakdown of recent survey results revealing which benefits employers plan to keep and what they are looking to add in 2025.
Healthcare costs are on the rise, but most employers don’t plan to cut their benefits, according to the results of a recent survey by Mercer, a global consulting firm. The results of their Survey on Health and Benefit Strategies for 2025 were published yesterday.
Nearly 700 organizations participated in this survey, which was conducted earlier this year from March 21 to April 12.
Total healthcare benefit cost has increased 3% annually from 2013 to 2022, but in 2023, the cost jumped to 5.2% partly due to medical inflation. It’s estimated that costs in 2024 will be similar. Prescription drug costs rose 8.6% per employee in 2023.
Despite this, 69% of employers are still committed to boosting affordability in the next few years.
Here are some of the ways they plan to do that:
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