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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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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Health insurance premiums for federal employees and retirees will increase by an average of 2.1 percent next year, the Office of Personnel Management announced this afternoon.
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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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Employers&#39; healthcare costs are expected to increase by an average of 11.3 percent in 2005, which outpaces inflation but is lower than 12.
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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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Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased an average of 11.2 percent in 2004, marking the fourth consecutive year of a double-digit increase and outpacing the growth in wages and inflation by wide margins, according to a survey released
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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 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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Weekly deductions for premiums, higher co-payments and deductibles are all part of the health care package now taking shape for Kroger workers, union officials say.
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Health-insurance premiums paid by US employers rose 11.2 percent this year, five times as fast as wages, according to a study that may reinforce voters&#39; concerns over rising medical costs.
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WASHINGTON - Job-based health insurance premiums jumped an average of 11.2 percent this year, according to a new survey of employers released Thursday.
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Employers watched their health insurance premiums jump 11.2 percent in 2004, lower than last year&#39;s hike of nearly 14 percent but about five times the rate of inflation and the increase in workers&#39; earnings, according to a closely watched annual survey of
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH.N, the  second biggest managed health care company, on Thursday said  profit rose as its premiums outpaced the soaring cost of  medical care.
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With costs still rising, companies are testing new ways to save. The trendiest    : workers pay more
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The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums has increased 6.1 percent this year, below the 7.7 percent increase in 2006, a new report says.