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September 3, 2010

Workers paying larger portion of health insurance premiums

  • A growing number are covered by health insurance that requires them to pay a deductible of $1,000 or more before most coverage starts.
    • By TOM MURPHY
    AP Business Writer

    INDIANAPOLIS — Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows.

    The average employee contribution toward premiums for family coverage climbed 14 percent this year to nearly $4,000, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust released Thursday. Contributions for single coverage grew 15 percent. But total premiums — the amount split by the employer and employee — rose a modest 3 percent for family coverage and 5 percent for single employees this year.


     
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