Workers' Healthcare Benefits Costs Rise

NU Online News Service, Sept. 6, 9:09 a.m. EST?A survey by a health research group finds employers cutting back sharply on workers' health benefits while asking them to pay more in premiums.

The trend is being driven by rising healthcare costs and the downturn in the economy, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research and Educational Trust in Washington, which did the research.

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