Family Health Insurance Costs Projected to Reach $24,000 by 2016

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News By 2016, the average health insurance premium paid by employers and employees for family health care coverage could reach $24,000. About half of all American households would spend about 45% of their income on health insurance. The average deductible in 2016 could reach about $2,700. In 2006, the cost of family health insurance was about $11,400, which was 23.7% of family income. In 2006, the average deductible was $1,351. These are findings of a report entitled “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why the Cost of Failing . . .