Some Benefits Execs Want Planning Tax Credit

The survey also found that participants were pessimistic about the near-term future of the U.S. health finance system. Eighty-six percent were “very concerned” about the possibility that continued increases in health coverage costs might affect the ability of employers to provide employee health coverage, and 62% said the Bush administration should make increasing the number of Americans with health insurance a very high priority.

But 59% of the executives believe the annual health care cost inflation rate will still be 10% or higher five years from now.