High co-pay cost leads workers to cut doctor visits.THE rising cost of health care has prompted many companies to require employees to bear a greater share of those costs, but now even some employers are having second thoughts about that strategy. A survey conducted for the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). HealthCare Foundation finds that 42 percent of the employers questioned believe that increasing co-pays for office visits and drugs, among other cost-sharing devices, is leading more employees to forgo needed medical care--thereby reducing productivity. That's up from two years ago when the figure was 26 percent. A parallel survey of employees found that nearly one in five reported not going to a doctor, not receiving a recommended treatment or test or not filling a prescription prescription In property law, the effect of the lapse of time in creating and destroying rights. Acquisitive prescription allows an individual, after unequivocal possession for a specific period, to acquire an interest in real property, such as an easement, but not the because of rising costs, despite having insurance. Despite the concerns, however, 70 percent of employers expect to raise employee health costs this year, though that was down from 79 percent in 2002. Staff reporter Laurence Laurence is the surname or the given name of several people: Surname
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