Workers Face Higher Costs For Employer-Sponsored Insurance; Checking In With Dr. Abraham Verghese On The Importance Of The Bedside Manner

Workers Face Higher Costs For Employer-Sponsored Insurance Kaiser Health News reports that "employers struggling with the steady rise of health insurance costs -- which in 2009 increased 5 percent to an average of $13,375 for family coverage -- are passing on more of the expense to their workers through higher deductibles and co-payments, according to survey released today.