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March 3, 2010

Study: Insurance Premium Hikes Far Exceed Costs, Inflation
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A new report says the price insurance premiums have far outpaced medical
costs and inflation over much of the last decade. According to Health
Care for America Now, insurance premiums for families rose 97 percent
from 2000 to 2008. During the same period, payments from insurers to
medical providers increased only 72 percent, while underlying medical
inflation increased only 39 percent. Premiums also increased over three
times faster than wages, which increased only 29 percent.



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