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Companies’ healthcare benefit costs have surged over two decades

MarketWatch reports that healthcare benefits are a major driver behind slower pay growth, noting that employer health-benefit costs have risen at their fastest pace in about two decades.

The outlet attributes the pay squeeze to the sharp escalation in health-related costs borne by companies, which can reduce the room for larger wage increases.

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