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Company-sponsored medical covers in pain
Many workers are bearing the brunt of the adjustments, with the reduced inpatient and outpatient limits and narrower provider networks increasing their out-of-pocket expenses.
Patients on company-sponsored insurance covers are bearing a higher cost of their hospital bills through co-payment after medical bills jumped 13 percent last year, surpassing the global average.
The workers are also being asked to shoulder an additional part of the insurance premiums as employers race to curb a rise in medical costs.
