Family health insurance premiums in Oregon rose four times faster than pay increases.
As the nation struggles to keep health costs under control, Oregon’s family health insurance premiums doubled since 2000 – a rate four times faster than pay increases.
Between 2000 and 2009, the average annual premium paid by employers and workers for family health coverage climbed from $6,654 to $13,378, a 101 percent jump, reported Families USA, a nonpartisan nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. During the same period, the median earnings of Oregon’s workers rose from $22,401 to $27,743, or about 24 percent.
Nationally, the average annual premium rose five times as much as median worker wages, the report said.
Read the full story at OregonLive.com.
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