Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
Benefits are taking up a continually greater share of employee compensation. This trend is as true for hospitals as any other industry. Keenan Health Care summarizes some recent trends for California hospitals. According to a survey of 83 California health care organizations (representing 219 hospitals): Benefits represent 28% of the employee compensation for the average…
Health Insurance premium inflation is back. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey 2011, health insurance premiums for single individuals was $5,429 for single individuals and $15,073 for a family plan. Premium growth for single and family plans was below 6 percent per year over the last 5 years (2005-2010). However, between…
The first ever Employee Benefits Blog Carnival has been posted at the See First blog.
Many economists have noted that wage growth has not kept up with overall economic growth over the past few decades. We observe widening wage inequality since the 1970s. Are workers getting poorer relative to the owners of capital? Is a communist revolution needed to equalize the playing field? Economist Martin Feldstein thinks not. “Feldstein…