Reuters

U.S. health insurance premiums go up and up and up some more

September 18, 2009 by hummingbirdminds

Reuters’s reporter Susan Heavey reports this:

U.S. workers getting health insurance for their families through employers have seen their premiums more than double in the last decade and the trend toward higher health costs is expected to continue, according to two reports released on Tuesday.

The Kaiser Family Foundation said the average premium for a company-provided family health insurance plan rose from $5,791 in 1999 to $13,375, a 131 percent jump.

Separately, the Business Roundtable, an organization that represents large U.S. corporations, said per-employee costs will jump to $28,530 in 2019 from $10,743 currently if nothing is done.

Read the entire article at http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE58E45420090915

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