Health premiums rise faster than wages
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The gap between rises in health insurance premiums and wages is at its widest point in six years, a survey said on Tuesday, which experts said puts workers in a perilous position should the economy turn sour.
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Numerous media reports have indicated big increases for Medicare and employer-sponsored health insurance premiums and for the number of Americans lacking health insurance.
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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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Health insurance premiums for workers are rising around three times faster than their wages, and health costs eat up a quarter of earnings for more than 14 million Americans, according to a survey on Tuesday.
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Health premiums rose five times faster than US workers&#39; salaries this year, according to a survey released on Thursday, a trend analysts said is likely to throw more people into the ranks of the uninsured.
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he cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 percent this year, according to the results of an authoritative national survey reported yesterday.
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The standard Medicare premium will rise to $96.40 a month next year, an increase of $2.90 a month. The 3.1 percent increase is the smallest since 1999-2000.
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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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Medicare patients&#39; monthly premiums for outpatient care will jump a record $11.60 next year, while deductibles for hospitalized patients will rise $36, the biggest jump in 14 years.
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Health plan costs are expected to rise at a slightly faster rate in 2008, after three years of flat growth, according to preliminary results of a new survey.
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Employers are facing continued double-digit increases in health care costs in 2005 and likely will require their workers to pay an even greater share of the bill, according to a new survey of more than 900 firms.    The survey, released Thursday by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, found that employers expect health care costs to rise 12.9 percent on average next year if they leave benefits unchanged...
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(National-NBC) Sept. 13, 2004 - Health care costs are on the rise, and American workers are feeling the effects, according to a new survey.
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Health care costs grew faster than the overall economy in the first half of this year, according to a study released Thursday. Although the increase
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Health insurance premiums for federal employees will increase by an average of 1.8 percent next year, the lowest annual increase in the government's employee program since 1997.
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Massachusetts health insurers are predicting their rates will increase by about 10 percent next year for most residents covered through employer health plans, marking the eighth consecutive year of double-digit premium hikes.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The national hand-wringing over rapidly rising health-care costs generally ignores one point that at least some people find hard to miss: Many patients are getting much better results for their money than they did in the past.
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WASHINGTON - 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...