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Health care inflation in high gear

Some businesses may have to drop employee benefits

With employer-based health insurance costs rising at their steepest pitch in years, small businesses already struggling with conservative profit margins may have to reach deeper into their pockets to pay the premiums.

It's bad news for employers who thought they had health care inflation licked....

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