Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Health-Care Premiums Have Doubled Since 2000

A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust has found that health-care costs have doubled since 2000. According to the Wall Street Journal, "the annual cost for family coverage through an employer health plan is now more than $12,000, well over what a minimum-wage worker earns in a year."

NetSweat.com Comments: We constantly focus on health insurance because all of the exercise in the world is not going to help if you can't get afford to go a doctor. If you're not happy with the rate at which health-care costs are rising, ask your politicians to change the system.

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