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Health insurance premiums have more than doubled since 1996
Newswise — Private-sector
employers and their employees have seen
their health insurance premium costs go up
by more than 100 percent since 1996,
according to the latest News and Numbers
from the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality.
AHRQ’s survey also found that
for employment-based health insurance
between 1996 and 2006:
• Nationwide, the average
premium cost of a family insurance plan rose
from $4,954 to $11,381 a year, while the
average cost for a single premium went from
$1,992 to $4,118.
• Employers paid for most of
the increases; their share rose from $3,679
to $8,491 a year for family coverage and
from $1,650 to $3,330 a year for single
coverage.
• Employees saw their share rise
significantly, as well – from $1,275 to
$2,890 a year for family coverage, and from
$342 to $788 a year for single coverage.
AHRQ, which is part of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, works to enhance the quality,
safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of
health care in the United States.
The data in this AHRQ News
and Numbers summary are taken from the
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a detailed
source of information on the health services
used by Americans, the frequency with which
they are used, the cost of those services,
and how they are paid.
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