Thursday, October 05, 2006
Health Insurance Costs Rise at a Slower Rate
Source: lawnandlandscape.com
Premiums for the existing employer-sponsored health coverage increased an average of 7.7 percent during 2006, down from the 9.2 percent increase recorded during 2005, according to a through survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust.
This year marked the slowest rate of growth in the insurance premiums since 2000, according to the survey.
Premiums have increased 87 percent over past six years. Family health coverage now costs an average $11,480 annually, with workers paying an average of $2,973 toward those insurance premiums, about $1,354 more than in 2000.
Source: lawnandlandscape.com
Premiums for the existing employer-sponsored health coverage increased an average of 7.7 percent during 2006, down from the 9.2 percent increase recorded during 2005, according to a through survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust.
This year marked the slowest rate of growth in the insurance premiums since 2000, according to the survey.
Premiums have increased 87 percent over past six years. Family health coverage now costs an average $11,480 annually, with workers paying an average of $2,973 toward those insurance premiums, about $1,354 more than in 2000.
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