PricewaterhouseCooper’s Health Research Institute annually projects the growth of medical costs in the employer insurance market for the coming year and identifies the leading factors expected to impact the trend. The Institute projects 2018’s medical cost trend to be 6.5%—the first uptick in growth in three years.
The report can be obtained at http://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/health-research-institute/behind-the-numbers/reports/hri-behind-the-numbers-2018.pdf.