Critical Condition ; Employers, Workers Struggle with Rising Health Costs

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With health insurance costs climbing relentlessly higher, Hackensack lawyer Toni Ann Russo reluctantly decided that new employees in her law office would have to wait six months for coverage instead of three.

Challenge Printing Co. in Clifton decided to self-insure, covering its 150 employees' health bills itself.

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Critical Condition ; Employers, Workers Struggle with Rising Health Costs

And Media Sciences International Inc. of Allendale raised the deductible for employees who want to see a doctor outside the health plan network, from $500 to $1,000.

These are just three examples of how higher health insurance costs have landed hard on North Jersey employers and employees. Over the last several years, most workers have faced higher premiu...

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