Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on health care reform, most employers—some 88 percent—remain committed to offer health care benefits to their active employees for the foreseeable future, according to a Towers Watson survey.
"The 2012 Towers Watson Health Care Changes Ahead" survey was completed by 440 employers in July 2012 and reflects respondents 2013 to 2015 health care benefit decisions.
This strong commitment (up 17 percentage points from 2011) comes despite a projected 2013 per employee health care cost of $11,507, an increase of 5.3 percent from 2012. It also comes amid uncertainty relating to the November elections, development of insurance exchanges and the rapidly evolving health care delivery system, says Ron Fontanetta, Senior Healthcare Consulting Leader at Towers Watson.
