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The 'it' plan; Consumer-directed health plans are taking off.

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| November 29, 2004 | Barr, Paul | COPYRIGHT 2009 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Paul Barr

Promising employees greater savings, consumer-directed health plans are likely to grow rapidly as an option for employees in 2005 and 2006, according to a survey of employers released last week by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Some 26% of large companies are planning to offer them in the next two years, the survey found.

Though only 4% of employers with 500 or more employees currently offer such health plans, 14% of survey respondents said they are likely to offer one in 2005 and 26% said they likely would offer one in 2005 or 2006.

Moreover, the survey shows that the healthcare cost growth rate continued to ease in 2004.…

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