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Behind the Numbers 2019: Healthcare and Medical Cost Trends (PDF)
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June 13, 2018
38 pages. "[T]hree factors inflating medical cost trend in 2019: [1] Care anywhere and everywhere.... [2] Provider megamergers.... [3] Physician consolidation and employment.... Three factors are tempering the spending increases. [1] Flu impact.... [2] Care advocacy.... [3] High-performance networks.... HRI projects medical cost trend to be 6 percent in 2019 ... The net growth rate in 2019, after accounting for benefit design changes such as higher co-pays and narrow provider networks, is expected to be 5.5 percent."

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