Health Populi October 9, 2020
For a worker in the U.S. who benefits from health insurance at the workplace, the annual family premium will average $21,342 this year, according to the 2020 Employer Health Benefits Survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The first chart illustrates the growth of the premium shares split by employer and employee contributions. Over ten years, the premium dollars grew from $13,770 in 2010 to $21K in 2020. The worker’s contribution share was 29% in 2010, and 26% in 2020.
Single coverage reached $7,470 in 2020 and was $5,049 in 2010.
Roughly the same proportion of companies offered health benefits to at least some workers between 2019 and 2020, about 56% of firms.
Nearly one-half of covered workers enrolled in a...
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