Health Insurance Costs Soar, Workers Hit
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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 tug-of-war between labor and corporations on healthcare options continues to escalate.
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Increases in health insurance premiums for working families slowed for the third straight year in 2006, but still rose at a rate more than double that of inflation and growth in workers' pay, an annual nationwide survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows.
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First they tried nudging. Now companies are penalizing workers who have high health risks such as obesity and high blood pressure or cholesterol as insurance costs climb.
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Employers' 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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Take a stand against the high costs of health care.
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Health care costs were a bigger drain on American wallets this year than in 2000, with 14.3 million workers spending more than a quarter of their income on medical care, according to a study by Families USA.
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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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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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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 providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 percent this year, according to an authoritative national survey reported Thursday.
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The most authoritative report on the cost of health insurance came out Tuesday, and itÂs sure to cause some new outrage.
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Employee health insurance premiums shot up 11.2 percent in 2004, the fourth straight year of double-digit growth, a new survey found.
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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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Costs of employer-sponsored health plans are expected to climb an average of 8 percent in 2005, the first time in five years increases have been in single digits.
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Health Minister George Smitherman has opened up another front in the battle over health-care costs, declaring wages paid to hospital workers are too high.
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Health insurance costs are going up, and up, and up. And in some cases, up some more. Premiums for employer-sponsored plans rose by 11.