New health insurance trends reported.

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Author: Arias, Donya C.

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Employees will continue to shoulder an increasing share of health insurance costs, a recent study reported.

A survey commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found a 6 percent increase in the share of premiums employees are paying. Business owners surveyed said they will ask their employees to pay an average of 21 percent of health care cost increases in the next year, according to the study released in September.

Also, researchers with the Commonwealth Fund found that when it comes to employer-based insurance, the ability to choose health care providers matters more than having a selection of health plans to choose from, and that two out of three working adults prefer employer-sponsored health plans to health savings accounts.

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By Donya C. Arias