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Dec. 30, 2004
The percentage of employers ranking health care costs as the most important issue to senior management jumped from 54 percent in 2003 to 87 percent in 2004, according to a new MetLife study.
Other benefits issues of concern for senior management include retirement savings programs (44 percent), workers’ compensation (31 percent), retiree benefits (25 percent) and long-term care (18 percent).
Some of the survey’s other findings:
The MetLife study was conducted during the third quarter of 2004. A total of 1,528 human resources/benefits executives from companies with at least two employees participated in the employer survey, which was fielded in September by TNS NFO.
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