{"id":345399,"date":"2024-10-10T09:17:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chiefexecutive.net\/?p=345399"},"modified":"2025-03-28T14:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:03:39","slug":"healthcare-costs-continue-to-rise-how-much-should-your-company-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chiefexecutive.net\/healthcare-costs-continue-to-rise-how-much-should-your-company-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare Costs Continue to Rise: How Much Should Your Company Pay? \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"345399\" class=\"elementor elementor-345399\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e277930 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e277930\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d10e054 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d10e054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Perhaps you thought steep price hikes on everything from materials to labor were over? Think again.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recent data from <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chief Executive<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0shows that the cost of employer-sponsored healthcare is continuing to climb at a faster pace than inflation<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\" data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many companies choose to offer different healthcare packages based on employee roles inside the organization. For instance, a company may have a healthcare plan for its CEO and senior executives and a different package for middle-managers and front-line workers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2023,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\" data-contrast=\"auto\">U.S. companies reported an average cost increase of 4.3 percent in the healthcare plans they provide their CEO. In 2024, that increase ticked up to 4.5 percent. For senior executive healthcare plans, the average increase was 4.9 percent in 2023 and 5 percent in 2024. <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f3afa0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8f3afa0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d191e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"24d191e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script id=\"infogram_0__\/Hn0j0Cr9Aiconm76U7PP\" title=\"Sept 24 CEO Bonus: overall Healthcare increases - by title\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?DHm\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8655f07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8655f07\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22ab1e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22ab1e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">According to preliminary data from <\/span><em><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Chief Executive<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s 2024-25 CEO &amp; Senior Executive Compensation Report, private companies paid an average of $18,515 toward\u00a0 their CEOs&#8217; healthcare plans in 2023 and $17,488 for other senior executives. This translates into an increase of $833 and $874, respectively,\u00a0 per capita for companies in 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\" data-contrast=\"none\">Healthcare is largest expense other than material and wages,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\">Jeff Hand, CEO of ROSS Controls, a large industrial manufacturing company.<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The table below displays the cost of healthcare at the median and top quartile, to benchmark your company\u2019s cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a6c7b9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a6c7b9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf22107 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"cf22107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script id=\"infogram_0__\/USW3XRfUQZfjbTacILRk\" title=\"Sept 24 CEO Bonus: Healthcare $ cost\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?dGa\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f3cba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d7f3cba\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba82474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba82474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, healthcare plans for middle managers increased at the highest rate in 2023 compared to all employee groups, at 5.2 percent on average. However, in 2024, this rate decreased to 4.5 percent. Front-line\/back-office employee healthcare plans increased at an average pace of 4.7 percent this year, also down, from the 4.9 percent increase employers reported in 2023. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CEOs across industries agreed that rising healthcare costs and navigating the insurance market is a top concern for their business.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cHealthcare costs in this country are way too high, and we have mediocre care compared to other countries around the world,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\">Joseph L. Wegner, CEO at Community State Bank in Nebraska, echoing many others.<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"color: #1c75bc; font-family: Chivo, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Differences by Company Revenue<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #1c75bc; font-family: Chivo, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Of course, when it comes to healthcare plans, not all companies are affected equally. Usually, larger companies with more negotiating power and\u00a0 higher employee counts are able to secure better, more stable rates. Small companies are more likely to have to bend to the will of the insurer or spend scarce time and resources securing better rates, not only for the company but for the employees as well.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><span style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Employer-sponsored health insurance can boost productivity and wellbeing in the workplace and is an important factor when recruiting top talent. Companies across all size categories prioritize contributions as a major benefit for their workforce.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-5b531d8 );\">So far, the proportion of the cost paid by the company has remained unchanged in 2024, compared to prior year (around 66 percent for all employee groups). But faced with these cost increases, many may be forced to rethink their strategy.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7152937 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7152937\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17e31da elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"17e31da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script id=\"infogram_0__\/9zOJe4Cvvt7NhXE4O5Mk\" title=\"Sept 24 CEO Bonus: Health contribution by revenue\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?cG9\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb0b93b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb0b93b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d821e02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d821e02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For companies with less than$50 million in annual revenue, the company&#8217;s contribution toward healthcare plans is highest for senior executives (excluding the CEO) than any other employee type, while in companies with revenue of $50 million or more, CEOs tend to receive the highest percent contribution from the company. This could be used as a strategy for smaller companies to attract top executive talent, when the CEO is more likely to be a founder or company owner, and they can\u2019t compete with the cash compensation that larger companies can offer.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, how has the cost of these contributions increased? Well, in 2023, companies with less than $10 million in revenue saw an average cost increase of around 5.8 percent to CEO healthcare. Fast forward one year and those companies are now seeing an average cost increase of 6.8 percent, compared to only 4.4 percent to their larger counterparts with $250 million or more in revenue.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-896f51b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"896f51b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55b7a7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"55b7a7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script id=\"infogram_0__\/rUiwl7GeBJocXZNjmti3\" title=\"Sept 24 CEO Bonus: Health increase by revenue\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?ExV\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script> \n\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b4c0a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29b4c0a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-086ec41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"086ec41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cost increases for health insurance for other senior executives were also the highest for companies with less than $25 million in revenue in 2023, at around 7 percent. However, in 2024, those rates decreased to around 5 percent, while larger companies\u2019 rate of increase grew from 2.3 percent to 5 percent.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For lower-level employee groups the data reveals a similar pattern. Colossal rates of increases to health plans reaching over 7 percent in 2023 for smaller companies, and while they witnessed a drop in their rate of increase to around 5 percent, that of larger companies climbed from around 3 percent, up to 5 percent in some cases.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regardless of where your company stands in terms of revenue, setting the right healthcare benefit at the right rate is paramount to your talent strategy. With rate increases topping inflation, you need to ensure your company is paying a fair amount. 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