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2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey

Jason Shafrin

The 2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey came out last week. Here are some key findings: Premium costs The average annual premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance in 2025 are $9,325 for single coverage and $26,993 for family coverage. Over the last year, the average single premium increased by 5% and the average family premium increased by…

Nested g-computation procedure

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What is the difference in health care cost when two different treatments are used?  This question is challenging because cumulative health care cost is often censored either by death or lack of continuous enrollment.  Lin (2000) addressed this issue in his 2000 paper (see paper and my blog write-up). The problem with this approach, however,…