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December 08, 2003 at 07:00 PM
NU Online News Service, Dec. 8, 2003, 4:47 p.m. EST – U.S. health cost trends continue to skyrocket, according to results of a survey released by the Ridgefield Park, N.J.-based human resources consulting unit of Mellon Financial Corp.[@@]
Researchers at the Mellon unit, which once was known as Buck Consultants, asked more than 90 insurers and benefits administrators about 2004 health prices.
Medical costs will be going up about 14% for health maintenance organizations and about 14.8% for preferred provider organizations, the Mellon researchers predict.
A year ago, the researchers found that HMOs were expecting cost increases of about 14% in 2003. PPOs were expecting cost increases of 15.2%.
