Paying in Peoria: how Illinois' largest private employer contains health care costs.
Last year, Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria, Ill. paid 90 percent of the health care costs for approximately one quarter of a million persons in the United States. Here, the author reviews what Caterpillar is doing to curb these costs, which have been increasing at a rate greater than inflation.
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