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Employer-sponsored health coverage costs jumped this year. More hikes may be coming_我的网站

一 |     The cost of health coverage through work jumped this year, in part because of inflation, according to a survey of U.S. employers.Premiums for both family and single plans climbed 7% after barely rising in 2022, according to a report Wednesday by KFF, a nonprofit that researches health care issues.Later this fall, companies begin their annual coverage enrollment window for 2024, and health care experts say another price hike could be coming.“It’s hard to imagine that there won’t be another year of health care cost increases, at least at the level we’re seeing right now,” said Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research for the Employee Benefit Research Institute.Employer-sponsored health insurance is the most common form of coverage in the United States. KFF says almost 153 million Americans have it. Companies generally pay most of the premium — 70% or more in many cases.That can soften the impact of price hikes on employees. Coverage costs also are taken out of paychecks before taxes, which helps mitigate the financial pinch workers may feel, noted Fronstin, who was not involved in the KFF study.KFF noted that premiums climbed roughly with wages and inflation. The wider economy has felt those two pressures for more than a year, and now they are starting to affect health care costs, said Gary Claxton, a senior vice president with KFF. He noted that there can be a delay because health care contracts can keep costs stable after prices start rising in other parts of the economy.Fronstin said health care provider consolidation also can drive up care costs, which ultimately affects premiums. He also thinks the U.S. health care system — with its limited capacity to treat people — is still catching up on providing care that was delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic.“There’s only so much room for catch up,” he said. “I don’t believe colonoscopy centers are running 24/7 to catch up.”___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.。      香港8月19日电（郭辛）香港机场管理局19日宣布，与卡塔尔航空货运签署谅解备忘录，进一步加强香港国际机场与卡塔尔航空货运的全球航空网络联系，提升双方航空发展合作。  机管局表示，签署谅解备忘录深化了卡塔尔航空货运与香港国际机场的合作伙伴关系。

二 | 目前，卡塔尔航空货运在香港国际机场的业务持续增长，每周运营约56班货运航班，利用货机及客机腹舱运力，连接香港国际机场及其全球货运航点网络。19日起，卡塔尔航空货运已将其地区总部迁至香港。  香港特区政府运输及物流局局长陈美宝表示，卡塔尔航空货运选择在香港设立区域办事处，充分反映了航空公司对香港作为国际航空枢纽的信心与肯定。香港与卡塔尔在航空领域一直保持良好合作基础，该备忘录极具战略意义，将把双方的伙伴关系推向新高度。  香港机管局行政总裁张李佳蕙表示，机管局与卡塔尔航空货运签署谅解备忘录，展现了双方共同致力于透过香港国际机场提升航空服务及网络联系。机管局将继续积极吸引并与不同航空公司深化合作，进一步加强香港国际机场的航空网络联系及竞争优势。  卡塔尔航空货运货运销售高级副总裁埃里克·威尔逊表示，集团通过在香港设立区域办事处并深化与机管局的合作，将有利于进一步把全球网络与亚洲及粤港澳大湾区充满活力的市场紧密联结起来。

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