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Article: Health care 101; Health care system can learn from manufacturers.(Opinion)
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- Rubber & Plastics News
- Article date:
- September 19, 2005
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Byline: John Engler
With annual premium increases in the double digits, many companies in the rubber and plastics industry struggle to pay for employee and retiree heath care coverage.
Indeed, the spiraling cost of health care is one of the biggest challenges facing U.S. manufacturers today. It stands in the way of our ability to compete-sometimes even to survive-and acts as a disincentive to hiring new employees and establishing new jobs.
Achieving affordable, quality health care coverage concerns our entire nation, not just U.S. manufacturing. Costs are out of control, while inefficiencies and medical and administrative errors have impaired ...