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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
News N.C. healthcare premiums up 96.8 percent since 2000
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:02 AM
How much has your salary increased over the same number of years?
North Carolinians have seen their health insurance costs rise five times faster than their salaries over the last decade, according to a new report released Tuesday that is likely to add more fuel to the health care debate.The report found that health care premiums in the state rose 96.8 percent from 2000 through 2009, while median individual earnings rose by 18.4 percent, according to the study by Families USA and by Action for Children North Carolina.
“Rising health care costs threaten the financial well-being of families in North Carolina and across the nation,” said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA. “If health care reform does not happen soon, more and more families will be priced out of the health coverage they used to take for granted.”
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