This report summarizes the January 2018 trends from the survey that Oliver Wyman sent to healthcare carriers in December 2017. A summary of the median trends is shown in the table at the right. The coverage specific results are discussed in the Executive Summary. We intend this report to be of use to carriers, brokers, state insurance agencies and other interested parties who are affected by the trends in the cost of healthcare.
This report presents pricing trends used by the participating companies in the development of their rates for January 2018. These trends are used to develop premiums for approximately 104.5 million group members as reported by the participating companies. In addition, this edition of the report reflects pricing trends for about 5.1 million members with individual health policies, about 6.5 million Medicare members and 3.9 million Medicaid members