Health Insurance Premiums Outpace Workers&#39; Wages
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Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States are rising five times faster than workers&#39; earnings, a survey released Thursday shows.
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As a new enrollment period gears up, employers are bracing for how much it is going to cost to cover their workers&#39; health. Although insurance premiums are expected to rise at a slower rate than
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Workers in small businesses are less likely to receive health insurance from their employers, as premiums rose by 11.2% over the last year.
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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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If this year follows the pattern of recent history, the most common change most workers will see is a rise in the cost of health insurance.
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Health insurance premiums are skyrocketing at five times the rate of inflation and worker earnings. Employers are shuttling more and more costs of health care onto their workers or dropping coverage (for 5
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Sept. 28, 2004 -- Health insurance prices far outstripped wages over the last four years, leaving Americans with less coverage at a far greater cost, according to a study unveiled Tuesday.
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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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The cost of health insurance premiums in the US rose three times faster than earning over the past four years, according to a report released today from the nonprofit Families USA.
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The first study of its kind has found that families typically pay much more out of pocket for maternity care under the new high-deductible health insurance plans paired with health savings accounts that have been heavily touted by President Bush and others.
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Sept. 9, 2004 -- Employee-sponsored health insurance premiums rose an average of 11.2% between spring 2003 and spring 2004, now averaging just under $10,000 per year for the average worker with a family of
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A new study provides further evidence that health insurance is getting more expensive. It says family premiums in employer-sponsored health plans have jumped 11.
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Employers&#39; health premiums rose 11.2 percent this year, according to a benchmark study released yesterday that reinforces voter concerns about the US healthcare system.
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With soaring insurance costs squeezing workers and employers, votersâ choices this November may well be swayed by an issue that has great personal significance to Americans and their pocketbooks: health care.
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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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Health-insurance premiums are up by double digits for the fourth straight year. And Chuck Mott, like millions of other small-business
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Onus is on workers to buy health insurance as rising costs force firms to end perk.