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Employer-sponsored health coverage costs jumped this year. More hikes may be coming_我的网站

一 | The cost of health coverage through work jumped this year, in part because of inflation, according to a survey of U.S. employers.Premiums for both family and single plans climbed 7% after barely rising in 2022, according to a report Wednesday by KFF, a nonprofit that researches health care issues.Later this fall, companies begin their annual coverage enrollment window for 2024, and health care experts say another price hike could be coming.“It’s hard to imagine that there won’t be another year of health care cost increases, at least at the level we’re seeing right now,” said Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research for the Employee Benefit Research Institute.Employer-sponsored health insurance is the most common form of coverage in the United States. KFF says almost 153 million Americans have it. Companies generally pay most of the premium — 70% or more in many cases.That can soften the impact of price hikes on employees. Coverage costs also are taken out of paychecks before taxes, which helps mitigate the financial pinch workers may feel, noted Fronstin, who was not involved in the KFF study.KFF noted that premiums climbed roughly with wages and inflation. The wider economy has felt those two pressures for more than a year, and now they are starting to affect health care costs, said Gary Claxton, a senior vice president with KFF. He noted that there can be a delay because health care contracts can keep costs stable after prices start rising in other parts of the economy.Fronstin said health care provider consolidation also can drive up care costs, which ultimately affects premiums. He also thinks the U.S. health care system — with its limited capacity to treat people — is still catching up on providing care that was delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic.“There’s only so much room for catch up,” he said. “I don’t believe colonoscopy centers are running 24/7 to catch up.”___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.。 记者4月24日从教育部获悉,为切实减轻中小学教师非教育教学负担,中央教育工作领导小组秘书组近日印发通知,对开展规范社会事务进校园为中小学教师减负专项整治工作作出部署,要求集中整治与教育教学无关的活动和工作随意进入校园情况,以及社会事务进校园过程中重留痕轻实效的形式主义,营造教育教学良好环境。 通知提出四项主要任务:一是系统摸排近年来社会事务进校园情况,制定准入标准,加强问题整改;二是建立社会事务进校园审批报备制度,严控省、市、县三级社会事务进校园总量,建立白名单并向社会公布;三是对社会事务进校园的具体方案进行审核,严控活动范围和时长;四是常态化规范社会事务进校园工作。 通知要求各地把规范社会事务进校园作为教育系统整治形式主义为基层减负的重要工作,以师生获得感检验专项整治成效。(记者杨湛菲)。
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