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September 14, 2010 at 08:00 PM
Preferred provider organization (PPO) plan cost trends are about what they were a year ago, but cost trends for plans that incorporate individual health accounts seem to be somewhat higher.
Aon Consulting, a unit of Aon Corp., Chicago (NYSE:AON), has published health care cost trend figures for the next 12 months in a summary of results from a survey of about 60 large health carriers.
Health care cost trend increases for plans that offer prescription benefits could be 10.5% for health maintenance organization (HMO) plans, 10.7% for PPO plans, and 11% for health account plans, Aon says.
A year ago, the health care cost trend estimates were 10.6% for HMO plans, 10.7% for PPO plans, and 10.5% for health account plans.
