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Some Pertinent Business Health Cost Facts:

Are you concerned with escalating health care costs ?
Do you offer your employees wellness strategies?
Do your employees have health saving accounts?

National Business health care costs increased an average in 2002 of 15% per year, In 2003, 10.1% per year. a
National Business health care costs with 500 or more employees increased an average in 2003 of 13.2% per year; with fewer than 200 employees in 2003 , 15.5% per year. b
Health care costs for Dayton employers with 500 or more employees increased an average in 2003 of 16.2%, and an average cost per employee of $7,183.00. c
Health care costs for Ohio employers in 2003 increased an average of 9.1%, and an average cost per employee of $6,608.00. d
Business health care costs rising nearly 15% per year. d
Midwest companies spent an average of $5,100 dollars per employee on health care last year. d
U.S. annual lost productivity cost secondary to employee health: 13 billion. d
Rising health care costs eat up 65% of American income increases last year. d
Americans will pay about 49 Billion in 2002 for stroke-related medical costs. e

a. USA Today – Julie Appleby, 12/08/03
b. USA Today – Jim Hopkins, 10/05/03
c. Dayton Business Journal – Melissa Fowler DBJ Staff Reporter, 12/12/03
d. Dayton Daily article “The Next Step in Health Care” (6-15-03)
e. American Stroke Association

What created this health care problem and what can be done about it?

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