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Health care costs expected to rise for employers

A PwC survey found American companies will spend 6% more in 2020.

A doctor takes a patient's blood pressure in Dorchester, Maryland.
A doctor takes a patient's blood pressure in Dorchester, Maryland.
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Professional services firm PwC is projecting that American companies will have to spend 6% more on employee health care in 2020. PwC surveyed more than 500 of the biggest American companies to determine this. We look at why employer costs are rising and what those companies plan to do about it.

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