Employer health insurance costs expected to rise about 11% in 2027

My mother-in-law's health insurance premium increased 91% this year, and it surely will increase again in 2027. Nothing Trump or the GOP in Congress has done has decreased my mother-in-law's health insurance premium.

Health care costs are expected to skyrocket by 8.2% in 2027. That’s the highest increase for employers in TWO DECADES. Under Donald Trump and Republicans, the cost of living keeps climbing higher and higher, with no relief in sight.

“Large and small employers are bracing for what looks to be the sharpest increase in health care costs in more than two decades. The cost per worker is projected to go up an average of 11 percent next year, or somewhat lower if workers’ insurance benefits are reduced”

#momsky Forget the ACA--your employer based healthcare costs will rise (which is no surprise). Trump and Co tipped the dominoes almost 2 years ago and things are falling.. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/b...

NEW from @charlesgaba.com (the ACA guru) He's gone through rate filings, looks like a 15 percent premium increase in marketplace rates for next year That's on top of last year's substantial hike Full report plus state-by-state breakdowns here acasignups.net/rate_changes...

"Large and small employers are bracing for what looks to be the sharpest increase in health care costs in more than two decades...." "The pressure by hospitals and doctors to charge employers even more is likely to intensify with looming cuts to government plans like Medicaid."

Employer Health Costs Are Expected to Spike in 2027 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/b...

"From 2018 to 2027, health care costs could increase 76 percent, roughly twice the rate of general inflation" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/b...

Won't make us healthier; won't make us great. "A new U.S. survey anticipates an average increase of 11 percent unless benefits are cut, the highest rate in decades. Other findings also predict a sharp rise." (Gift link) Survey: www.mercer.com/en-us/insigh... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/b...

The 5 decade experiment of for-profit insurance managing healthcare has provided more than sufficient data to justify stopping it. Medicare-for-all coupled with other programs to stabilize supply and demand inequities can offer better care more efficiently. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/b...

From the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans: Largest increase in cost to employers since 2003. Notice in the last year of Biden's presidency health care costs to employers actually went down. They have increased every year of Trump's term

TRUMP’S HEALTH CARE CUTS ARE ABOUT TO HIT AMERICANS HARD. Employer health costs are projected to jump 11% next year — the biggest surge in 20+ years. Trump’s law cuts federal Medicaid spending by $911 BILLION over a decade. Combined with ACA changes and expired enhanced subsidies, MORE THAN 14

Another private insurance company will be exiting Louisiana's Medicaid program. This means 290k Medicaid recipients will have to switch plans in 2027. #lalege lailluminator.com/2026/09/01/l...

Nationally, unsubsidized ACA premiums to jump *another* ~15% next year. I'm actually surprised its only 16% based on what the GOP are up to. I suspect a lot of people with company-based insurance can kiss any chance of a payrise goodbye if this trend expands.

Employers predict that healthcare costs will go up over 10% AND benefits will be cut www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/b...