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Employer-sponsored health coverage costs jumped this year. More hikes may be coming_我的网站

A |     摘要：资深NBA记者马克·斯坦披露，奇才曾在威少退役前开出一份两年合同报价，希望他重返华盛顿，但威少本人因不满合同条款与角色定位终止谈判，随后结束球员生涯。    The cost of health coverage through work jumped this year, in part because of inflation, according to a survey of U.S. employers.Premiums for both family and single plans climbed 7% after barely rising in 2022, according to a report Wednesday by KFF, a nonprofit that researches health care issues.Later this fall, companies begin their annual coverage enrollment window for 2024, and health care experts say another price hike could be coming.“It’s hard to imagine that there won’t be another year of health care cost increases, at least at the level we’re seeing right now,” said Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research for the Employee Benefit Research Institute.Employer-sponsored health insurance is the most common form of coverage in the United States. KFF says almost 153 million Americans have it. Companies generally pay most of the premium — 70% or more in many cases.That can soften the impact of price hikes on employees. Coverage costs also are taken out of paychecks before taxes, which helps mitigate the financial pinch workers may feel, noted Fronstin, who was not involved in the KFF study.KFF noted that premiums climbed roughly with wages and inflation. The wider economy has felt those two pressures for more than a year, and now they are starting to affect health care costs, said Gary Claxton, a senior vice president with KFF. He noted that there can be a delay because health care contracts can keep costs stable after prices start rising in other parts of the economy.Fronstin said health care provider consolidation also can drive up care costs, which ultimately affects premiums. He also thinks the U.S. health care system — with its limited capacity to treat people — is still catching up on providing care that was delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic.“There’s only so much room for catch up,” he said. “I don’t believe colonoscopy centers are running 24/7 to catch up.”___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.。         资深NBA记者马克·斯坦8月17日撰文，披露了威斯布鲁克退役的背后细节。

B | 据联盟消息人士向他透露，华盛顿奇才曾开出一份两年合同报价，希望37岁的威少重返华盛顿。报道称，是威少本人、而非奇才方面终止了这次谈判——这位老将控卫对报价的具体条款以及球队给出的角色定位感到难以接受，最终选择直接结束球员生涯。         斯坦在6月30日的报道中曾首次披露奇才有意签下威少，本期专栏进一步曝光了这笔潜在签约的最终走向。奇才正是威少2020-21赛季的效力球队，那个赛季他也完成了生涯最重要的里程碑之一：2021年5月10日，他拿下生涯第182次三双，超越"大O"奥斯卡·罗伯特森保持了47年的181次纪录，登顶NBA历史三双榜。         威少本月中旬突然宣布退役，结束18个赛季职业生涯，常规赛共209次三双，高居历史第一。此次披露的关键在于：退役并非因为没有球队开出合同，而是威少在权衡条款与角色定位后主动做出的决定。

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