COST SHIFT TO EMPLOYEES: INCREASE IN HIGH DEDUCTIBLE EMPLOYER-PROVIDED INSURANCE

Two of forty metro areas in 2012 had an estimated 30% or more of the employer-sponsored insurance market enrolled in high-deductible insurance (Columbus OH & Madison WI).

Nineteen of forty metro areas now haveĀ an estimated 30% or more of the employer-sponsored insurance market enrolled in high-deductible insurance (from Virginia Beach, Reno NV, Dallas TX to Buffalo NY, Nashville TN and Colorado Springs CO).

Source:

Wall Street Journal, Sept 1 2017.