Faculty members are paying more for health-care coverage in 2013.
More than one-quarter of US academic institutions said in a survey that they had raised the costs of health-care premiums for faculty members and staff this year in preparation for the Affordable Care Act, which is set to ramp up in 2014. The 2013 Employee Health Benefits Survey of Higher Education by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources in Knoxville, Tennessee, found that premiums rose by an average of 3.25% for employee-only plans and 5% for employee–family plans. Two-thirds of respondents said that they are still trying to determine which adjunct or part-time faculty members are eligible for benefits.
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US health premiums rise. Nature 500, 369 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7462-369d
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7462-369d