Family Premiums for Employer-Sponsored Coverage Rose About 5%
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation's 2009 Employer Health Benefits Survey:
- Since a decade ago, premiums have risen 131%.
- Worker wages rose 38% and inflation is up 28% since 1999.
- 60% of firms surveyed offered health coverage to workers.
- 21% of firms surveyed said they reduced the scope of benefits during the recession.
- 15% of firms surveyed expanded health benefits to workers.
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