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Insurance Premiums Still Rising Faster Than Inflation and Wages - Prescriptions Blog - NYTimes.com

Insurance Premiums Still Rising Faster Than Inflation and Wages - Prescriptions Blog - NYTimes.com: "President Obama may not have much trouble persuading the nearly 160 million people who have health insurance through their employers that the system needs to be fixed, if a new survey of employer health benefits is any indication.

Many working Americans may be experiencing something akin to sticker shock. The average cost of a family policy now exceeds $13,000 a year, having doubled over the last decade, according a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation."

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