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Double-Digit Rx Benefit Cost Trends Projected for 2017 (PDF)
Segal Consulting Sept. 29, 2016 15 pages. "Medical cost trend projections for actives and early retirees [are] relatively flat ... Medical trend projections for retirees are low but rising ... Prescription drug trend projections are high, approaching 20 percent for specialty drugs ... Cost trend rates continue to outpace increases in prices and wages ... Price inflation continues to be the leading driver of cost trend projections ... A range of cost-management strategies are being used." |
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