Health Premiums Rose 5 Times Faster Than Income in 2004
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The figures from a survey released today are likely to throw more people into the ranks of the uninsured, analysts said.
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The cost of employee health coverage rose 7.7 percent this year, more than double the overall inflation rate and well ahead of the increase in the incomes of workers.
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A healthcare advocacy group says health insurance premiums paid by US workers rose nearly three times faster than average earnings in the past four years.
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Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums rose 11.2 percent this year, registering the fourth consecutive double-digit annual increase and pushing the cost of family coverage under the most common type of plan past $10,000, according to a new survey.
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U.S. personal incomes rose 1.5  percent in the second quarter of 2004, the fastest pace of  growth in more than three years as income gains sped up in 33  states, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday.
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U.S. personal incomes rose 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2004, the fastest pace of growth in more than three years as income gains sped up in 33 states, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday.
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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
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The largest U.S. health insurer said higher premiums revenue helped offset a 10 percent rise in medical benefit costs.
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Dec. 14, 2004 - Some of America&#39;s largest employers saw the cost of covering medical care for former workers go up about 25% between 2003 and 2004, continuing a trend that analysts warn is threatening the
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Retirees who receive health benefits from their former employers saw premiums shoot up an average of 25 percent this year, a new study says.
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CHICAGO: Health insurance premiums rose five times faster than US workersâ salaries this year, according to a survey released last Thursday that also showed slippage in the percentage of American workers covered by employer health plans.
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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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US Medicare premiums will increase by 17 percent in 2005, an increase unequaled in the history of medicare. Monthly premiums will increase by $11.
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Health insurance may be out of reach for more Americans as medical costs rose faster than worker income in the first half of the year, according to a closely watched survey released on Thursday.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about a new study showing that in 2004, health insurance premiums rose five times faster than the salaries of US workers.
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Health insurance premiums paid by US workers have risen nearly three times faster than average earnings in the past four years, eroding the income of average Americans, a study based on federal data shows.
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The number of people without health insurance rose by 1.4 million, to a record 45 million last year, amid rising costs for coverage.