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Health insurance is taking a bigger bite from workers’ wallets
Workers are paying a larger share of their health insurance as companies shift more costs to their employees to survive the recession. According to a national study released Thursday, workers paid an average of 14 percent more in premiums this year while employers held their own cost increases to “a modest 3 percent.”
Read more...Price of health insurance didn't rise much in 2009, but workers' burden did
The price of family health insurance didn't go up all that much last year, but most people who get their insurance through work would never know that.
Read more...Health insurance costs rise 14% in 2010
American workers will pay about $4,000 to get health insurance for their families through work this year, 14 percent more than in 2009, according to a survey today from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Read more...Ky. court: Christian-only health plan is insurance
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Christians-only health care plan provides a "contract for insurance" and doesn't qualify for exemption from state regulations as a religious publication, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a decision that potentially opens the plan to stricter regulations by the state.
Read more...Health costs race past inflation
Health insurance premiums in 2007 rose 6.1 percent, the lowest growth rate in eight years but still well above inflation and worker earnings, according to the latest annual survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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