Cost-cutting and shrinking costs suggest the average increase in employer health benefit costs will rise next year at the lowest rate in a more than a decade.

New research indicates that more consumers are selecting consumer-directed health plans, led by small businesses.

Health benefit costs rose at a greater rate in Virginia than in the nation in 2009, new research indicates.

Health benefit costs rose at a greater rate in Maryland and Washington, D.C., than in the nation in 2009, new research indicates.

Health benefit costs rose at a greater rate in Pennsylvania than in the nation in 2009, new research indicates.

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New Jersey’s health benefits costs paid by employers and employees increased more than the nation’s this year, new research indicates.