National Business Group of Health polled employers who ranked their three biggest cost drivers. The following factors are the top drivers of insurance hikes among respondents.
Here are six drivers:
1. High cost claimants: 32 percent
2. Specialty pharmacy: 31 percent
3. Specific disease or conditions: 17 percent
4. Overall medical inflation: 11 percent
5. Hospitalization: 2 percent
6. Outpatient procedures: 2 percent
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