Feel like you’re paying a lot for healthcare now? Well, no downturn in healthcare costs is expected in 2013, but on the positive side, there is no huge upturn expected either. A 2012 survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PWC) Health Research Institute projects a medical cost trend increase of a relatively flat 7.5 percent for 2013. Medical cost trend is an important factor that is used to project and formulate the cost health insurance premiums for employers and consumers.
