{
  "id": 586195,
  "title": "Rising Premium Hikes Force Employers to Rethink Health Benefits—Is Dropping Coverage the Only Choice?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/rising-premium-hikes-force-employers-to-rethink-health-benefits-is",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-11T16:08:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/rising-premium-hikes-force-employers-to-rethink-health-benefits-is-dropping-coverage-the-only-choice/91388896"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "With insurers requesting 14 percent rate increases on average for 2027, small business owners face impossible trade-offs between slashing benefits and absorbing massive costs.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}