Spending for Private Health Insurance in the United States
Download the Brief | Request hard copies | Subscribe to NIHCM mailingsJanuary 2013
The total cost of health care for a typical family with employer-sponsored coverage has more than doubled in the past decade to nearly $21,000 per year, outpacing both inflation and income growth. Skyrocketing health care costs are already straining budgets and could jeopardize the availability of affordable coverage under the ACA. To shed light on the factors behind increased spending on private insurance, this brief examines
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trends in premiums and cost-sharing in the group and non-group markets,
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how premium dollars are spent by insurers,
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which sectors are driving premiums upward, and
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the importance of price increases in explaining spending growth.
This is the fourth in a series of NIHCM data briefs on U.S. health care spending.
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