Byline: Associated Press
The cost of health care benefits rose 10 percent last year to an average of $3,968 per worker despite stepped-up efforts to control costs, according to a survey released Monday.
The benefits consulting firm Foster Higgins said that for the first time, more than 50 percent of workers for companies it polled took part in managed-care plans.
Such plans rein in costs by requiring approval for hospital stays and medical procedures and monitoring other medical services.
Care provided by health maintenance organizations averaged $3,313 per worker last year, up 8.8 percent from 1991. The cost of traditional health insurance …
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