California workers likely to face higher health insurance premiums in 2023

Workers around Kern County, California, will see significantly higher health insurance premiums next year – and a chance of still higher increases in the years ahead – because of inflation and pandemic staffing costs that haven't yet worked their way through the health-care system, reports the Bakersfield Californian. Individual rate increases vary widely because of factors like health care utilization patterns within an employee population, and what share of health insurance costs the employer covers.