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Larger share. they say theyre paying higher portion of premium this year and 63% say they will ask workers to pay more next year. another popular change has to do with regular prescriptions. 47% of the employers plan to make the workers get the regular prescriptions by mail order. if prescriptions are obtained elsewhere, insurance would only reimburse the mail order cost. most of the changes have been occurring year in and year out long before president obama signed the healthcare law. but emplo...

Year and 9% next year. thats an indictment of the reform. >> what explains that increase? why? >> if you look underneath you have got the underlying cost of healthcare. they have some cover it. they also have changes in benefits which they are forced by law to cover. preexisting conditions for children. get rid of lifetime caps on spending. annual caps on spending. all this makes insurance more expensive and they are going to pick up some of those costs. a majority of companies are pleased to --...

Larger share. they say theyre paying higher portion of premium this year and 63% say they will ask workers to pay more next year. another popular change has to do with regular prescriptions. 47% of the employers plan to make the workers get the regular prescriptions by mail order. if prescriptions are obtained elsewhere, insurance would only reimburse the mail order cost. most of the changes have been occurring year in and year out long before president obama signed the healthcare law. but emplo...