{
  "id": 2423729,
  "title": "Employer health costs projected to rise 9.5 percent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/employer-health-costs-projected-to-rise-9-5-percent",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T18:57:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6043869-aon-projects-employee-health-costs-rise/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new risk analysis released by leading insurance broker Aon this week projected that employer health costs in the U.S. will rise by roughly 10 percent in 2027. Aon, the second largest global insurance broker, projected that at the current status quo, employer healthcare costs will rise by 9.5 percent next year. This would mean...",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}