Scanning the many health care cost projections for 2014, employers initially might think a wholesale celebration is in order.
"Slowest rate of increase in health plan cost trends in 14 years
projected for 2014," trumpets one study. "Defying historical patterns,
medical inflation in 2014 will dip even lower than in 2013," proclaims
another. "Lowest health care premium rate increases in more than a
decade," concludes one more.