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Title: While Obamacare premiums rise, employer-based health plans shift to higher deductibles Author: Tracy Seipel Source: Mercury News (San Jose, California)

*Date:* Oct 24, 2016

*Summary:* A survey published http://kff.org/health-costs/report/2016-employer-health-benefits-survey/ in September by the Kaiser family foundation and another non-profit revealed 29 percent of all workers were enrolled in such high-deductible health plans in 2016, up from 20 percent in 2014. Over the same time, the portion of employees enrolled in PPOs — preferred provider organization plans, which have higher-than-average premiums but lower deductibles — shrunk from 58 percent in 2014 to 48 percent.

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