{"id":5966,"date":"2025-11-18T00:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:45:21","slug":"hr-newsletter-surging-health-plan-premiums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/18\/hr-newsletter-surging-health-plan-premiums\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Newsletter: Surging Health Plan Premiums"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/blog\/Blog_Inflation-Rising.jpg\" alt=\"HR Newsletter: Surging Health Plan Premiums\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Health care costs have been growing at an alarming rate in recent years, and they\u2019re not slowing down. Surveys project that U.S. health care costs are likely to increase in many cases over 10% in 2026. Regardless of the exact figure, employers can expect their health care costs to continue to skyrocket throughout 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><u>Predicted Group\/Employer Health Plan Cost Increases for 2026<\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>9% (Business Group on Health)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10% (International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11% (KFF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8.5% (PwC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We created the following infographic to illustrate the key factors impacting rising health care costs: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/November2025_Health-Care-Costs-Infographic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6 Factors Driving Health Care Cost Increases in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/November2025_Health-Care-Costs-Infographic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/November2025_Health-Care-Costs-Infographic-PDF.jpg\" alt=\"6 Factors Driving Health Care Cost Increases in 2026\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Facing a big renewal increase?<\/mark><\/strong> Let\u2019s talk about how to reduce your costs. 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