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Health Care Costs to US Manufacturers Skyrocket

US employers pay double the price foreign companies do

By Jim O'Neill, Newser User

Posted May 7, 2008 12:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – The cost of providing health insurance to US workers is rising so fast it can't be passed along either to workers or customers, a new study reported in the Los Angeles Times finds.
Manufacturers now spend, on average, $2.38 per worker per hour—more... Read full story »

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