Companies that perform the best in managing health-care costs employ every effective strategy more often than do companies that bear high costs.
Not even a repeal of the unpopular employer mandate would spur most companies to change their health benefits strategies.
Millions of newly uninsured could cause a spike in costs for health-care providers, who likely would pass the costs on to private payers.
Republicans may not be able to quickly dismantle President Obama's signature health-care law.
Health benefits costs are forecast to climb 5% next year, thanks in part to fast-rising prices for specialty pharmaceuticals.
