{"id":5950,"date":"2025-09-29T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=5950"},"modified":"2025-09-29T13:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:07:32","slug":"hr-chat-w-employco-usa-2026-health-plan-premium-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/29\/hr-chat-w-employco-usa-2026-health-plan-premium-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Chat w\/Employco USA: 2026 Health Plan Premium Increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"HR Chat w\/Employco USA: 2026 Health Plan Premium Increases\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_hMWE-Tt0Fso\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhMWE-Tt0Fso%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMWE-Tt0Fso\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M36S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-09-29T17:49:39Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_hMWE-Tt0Fso\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhMWE-Tt0Fso%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">HR Chat w\/Employco USA: 2026 Health Plan Premium Increases<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hMWE-Tt0Fso\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhMWE-Tt0Fso%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"HR Chat w\/Employco USA: 2026 Health Plan Premium Increases\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Questions on this topic? https:\/\/www.employco.com\/contact\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>In this HR Chat, Rob and Jason break down why health plan premiums are expected to climb sharply in 2026, the biggest jump in over 15 years! 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