The Marketplace Report: Skyrocketing Insurance Premiums
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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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In what Governor Mitt Romney hopes will be a regulatory swan song, Massachusetts officials yesterday began hearing testimony on rate increases sought by the state's automobile insurers and agents that would boost the average premium of drivers next year by 9.3 percent, to $1,183.
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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 insurance premiums for workers are rising around three times faster than their wages, and health costs eat up a quarter of earnings
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Business & money: Risk of fares rising above cost of running services.
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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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Why pay more than you need to for insurance?
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Some Iowans may cut back on their coverage, and the state faces having to pay more for Medicaid, officials say. Sharply higher Medicare premiums announced last week by the Bush administration will have a double
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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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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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A look back at the telltale signs of Progressive Insurance's meteoric rise.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 4, 2004 - Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record $11.60 a month next year. The Bush administration says the increase reflects a strengthened Medicare, while Democrats complain that seniors are being unfairly socked.
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When New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accused insurance broker Marsh &amp; McLennan Cos. last month of taking kickbacks from insurers, resulting in higher premiums for clients, he raised questions for the
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A growing number of insurance companies are adding high windstorm damage deductibles to homeowner policies.
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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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The Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday afternoon the largest increase ever in Medicare premiums, an increase of over 17 percent that will affect 38.
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A big reason for the high cost of health insurance is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care.