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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

Legacy thinking: An iron fist in a velvet glove.
Modern solutions: An invisible hand in a surgical glove.

Survey: Health benefit costs expected to jump 8.2% in 2027, the biggest increase since 2003 We field the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans over the summer, and each year in mid-August we take an early look at the responses so we can release the projected health benefit cost increase for the upcoming year as soon as possible. While it’s usually exciting to see this important data point for the first time, this year it was almost hard to look — and yes, it was as bad as we feared, if not worse. Total health benefit cost per employee is expected to rise 8.2% on average in 2027 — the highest increase since 2003 — even after accounting for planned cost-reduction measures. Employers said that the cost of their current plans would increase by 11%, on average, if they took no action to lower it.
A stock market guide in which analysts predict that the UnitedHealth Group's stock prices are going to go up 20%, citing greater demand and reduced costs, and recommending a strong buy.