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Health insurance premiums have more than doubled since 1996
(17 August 2008: VIDYYA MEDICAL NEWS SERVICE) -- 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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