“A new report finds that 36% of large employers offered consumer-directed, high-deductible health plans in 2012, up from 14% five years ago. Enrollment in those plans has risen to 16% of all covered employees, compared with 5% in 2007, according to benefits consultant Mercer.”
“Employers are pushing these plans in part because they are about 20% cheaper than the cost of a conventional PPO”
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