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Despite continually soaring healthcare costs nationwide, American strives to retain competitive medical benefits for its employees.

As explained in more detail on the Benefits/Health page, the chart below illustrates that healthcare premiums for American flight attendants are considerably lower than those of employees who work for other large companies.

Average Employee Contributions in 2008
Percentage of Premium

Source: Mercer 2008 National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans.
(1) AA’s Standard Plan – For Indemnity Plans, a separate benchmark from the 2008 survey is not available due to the small number of employers reporting data on indemnity plans. Therefore, data from the 2007 survey was used.
(2) Utilized PPO due to data credibility on sample.

Resources: Department of Labor Health and Benefits Education