"Fifty-one percent of [healthcare industry] employers offered an HDHP in addition to traditional plans, up from 37 percent in 2016 ... The manufacturing industry leads in the rate of HDHP offerings (61 percent) Employee-paid premiums for individual-coverage HDHPs fell 9 percent, while employer premiums went up 11 percent ... Thirty-nine percent of [retail industry] employees elected at least one of three income protection benefits, and 11 percent elected all three--year-over-year increases of 77 and 1,000 percent, respectively."  MORE >>