Our ACA compliant plan coverage for next year was scheduled to jump 29-30%. Our agents (Nepper in Somerset) were once again able to find us equivalent or better coverage and at less cost by shopping around. We will be shifting to a UPMC EPO vs HMO, with the exact same physicians network for our employees, but at a more modest increase of only 17.5%. Health insurance costs alone next year will top $10,000 per employee or, expressed differently, around $5 per hour worked.