July 1, 2003

Skyrocketing health costs pit colleagues against each other
Posted by deisenhart@bostonworks.com">Douglas Eisenhart at 3:56 PM -

CareerJournal reports that rising healthcare costs are causing a new type of friction among employees:

The battle over rising health-care costs has long pitted employers against workers. Now, as more companies slash their health-insurance benefits, it is starting to set worker against worker. The clash goes beyond fat-versus-thin or smokers-versus-nonsmokers.

Healthy young workers question how much they should help pay for diabetic seniors. Things that used to be no one else's business -- such as what people eat for lunch -- are becoming everyone's business.

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