January 6, 2006

Health-Care Costs: The Pain Continues for Colleges

By JOHN L. PULLEY

The escalation of national health-care costs is expected to slow somewhat in 2006. Premiums on employer-sponsored health insurance, which have undergone double-digit- percentage increases for four consecutive years, will rise a comparatively modest 9.2 percent next year, predicts the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

For many colleges, however, rising health-care costs will continue to be a source of severe discomfort.

At Occidental College, in Los Angeles, employees are

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