{"id":186392,"date":"2016-10-04T12:22:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=186392"},"modified":"2016-10-04T12:24:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:24:58","slug":"workplace-premiums-experience-modest-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/workplace-premiums-experience-modest-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Workplace premiums show modest rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cEmployers are still struggling to find a way to contain costs of the healthcare benefit and are looking for solutions.\u201d<em> \u2014Gerry Wedig, associate professor of business administration at Simon Business School<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_186442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186442\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GerryWedig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-186442 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GerryWedig.jpg\" alt=\"Gerald Wedig\" width=\"180\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerald Wedig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The relatively modest increases in healthcare premiums of late would normally be good news for consumers\u2014if they weren&#8217;t increasingly feeling pinched by high deductibles. Gerry Wedig reviews the situation for employees and for businesses pulled between cost containment, meeting federal requirements, and providing benefits.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com\/managed-healthcare-executive\/news\/workplace-premiums-experience-modest-rise\">Read the story from Modern Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gerald Wedig from Simon Business School reviews the link between health insurance premiums and the continuing migration of consumers to high deductible healthcare 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