US Health-Insurance Premiums Rise 11%, Study Says
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Health-insurance premiums paid by US employers rose 11.2 percent this year, five times as fast as wages, according to a study that may reinforce voters&#39; concerns over rising medical costs.
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Health insurance premiums rose five  times faster than U.S. workers' salaries this year, according  to a survey released on Thursday that also showed slippage in  the percentage of American workers covered by employer health  plans.
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The cost of employer-provided health insurance rose 6.1 percent this year, the smallest jump since 1999 but still well above the increase in wages and consumer prices, according to an annual survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Retirees for a third straight year are paying double-digit increases for healthcare coverage through their former employers, which are shifting a greater share of the cost to new retirees, according to a study released yesterday.
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Employers&#39; healthcare costs are expected to increase by an average of 11.3 percent in 2005, which outpaces inflation but is lower than 12.
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WASHINGTON - Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise 17 percent next year, the largest increase in the program's 40-year history, the Bush administration said Friday.    Monthly payments for Part B of the government health care program - doctor visits and most other non-hospital expenses - will jump to $78.20 from $66.60...
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Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record &#36;11.60 a month next year. The Bush administration says the increase reflects a strengthened Medicare, while Democrats complain that seniors are being unfairly socked.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 4, 2004 - Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record $11.60 a month next year. The Bush administration says the increase reflects a strengthened Medicare, while Democrats complain that seniors are being unfairly socked.
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Health insurance costs for Arkansas workers rose nearly 40 percent in the past four years - growing more than three times faster than average yearly wages in the same period, according to a national study released Tuesday.
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To cope with rising health care costs, companies are asking current retirees to pay more for health insurance and some are telling future retirees to do without, according to a study released yesterday.
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Private insurers in the Medicare insurance program were paid 12.4 percent more by the government than the health care provided would have cost under traditional Medicare, a report released on Thursday said.
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The dramatic increase in health-care spending in the United States since 1960 is a major reason that Americans are living longer, making the world's most expensive health-care system a good value despite its high costs, according to an academic study being released today.
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A new report backs up claims by Utah workers who say the rising cost of health care coverage has shrunk their paychecks. Health insurance premiums paid by workers in Utah have risen over
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The cost of employer-provided health insurance rose 6.1 percent this year, the smallest jump since 1999 but still well above the increase in wages and consumer prices, according to an annual survey released yesterday by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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The health insurer beats some estimates and raises others.
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Private insurers in the Medicare  insurance program were paid 12.4 percent more by the government  than the health care provided would have cost under traditional  Medicare, a report released on Thursday said.
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Premiums for employer-sponsored health plans rose an average of 11.2 percent in 2004, the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to a study released Thursday by the Washington, DC-based Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and