If you become chronically ill, will you be able to afford the care you need?
A new survey of chronically ill patients in eight industrialized countries shows if you live in the United States it is very likely that you will not.
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Premiums Rise Five Times Faster Than Wages
A new report from Families USA shows that American’s health insurance premiums are rising much faster than their wages.
Read MoreIs Your State Protecting You?
A Families USA study found that many states lack of consumer protections, allowing insurance companies to deny people coverage, raise premiums significantly, refuse to cover treatment for certain conditions, and even revoke the coverage of policyholders who have been paying premiums for years.
Read MoreMcCain Undermines Employer Insurance
Health Care for America Now has released a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which finds that as many as 27 million people around the country would lose employer-sponsored health insurance under John McCain’s health care plan.
Read MoreWhat’s Worrying Small Business Owners?
The price of health insurance continues its 20-year reign as the number one problem for small business owners. More than 56 percent say it is a "critical problem," according to a 2008 survey of small business owners.
Read MoreDid you know we’re already paying for guaranteed, affordable health care for everyone?
We’re Just Not Getting It!
According to an analysis by Dollars & Sense magazine, something that is being greatly underestimated is the degree to which individual Americans—including the uninsured— “subsidize the current U.S. health care system out of their own pockets.”
Read MoreHow Secure Are You?
The Commonwealth Fund says there are 25 million underinsured adults in the U.S.
Underinsured: that means those of us who have insurance but can’t count on it for financial protection.
It’s a frightening number — but still a huge underestimate.
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Half of U.S. Doctors Report Insurance Restricts Medications or Treatment Decisions
Fifty-eight percent of primary care doctors in the U.S. report their patients often have difficulty paying for medications and care, and half of U.S. doctors spend substantial time dealing with restrictions insurance companies place on their patients’ care, according to the 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey.
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Family Premiums for Employer-Sponsored Coverage Rose About 5%
Families saw their premiums for job-based health insurance rise to an average of $13,375 annually in 2009, with workers paying an average share of $3,515 and employers paying $9,860.
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