Workers’ Contribution to Health Insurance Premiums Rose

Benefits and costs: the growing burden of health insurance on American families

Since 2000, American workers’ contributions to health insurance premiums more than doubled, to nearly $4,000 a year from $1,619 ten years earlier. The total premium going to health insurance per worker for family coverage is $13,770 in 2010, with nearly $10,000 being borne by the employer. Workers’ share of premium increased 147%, and employers’ grew 114%. The [...]

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RAND study on worker health insurance

More employers will offer health insurance, RAND forecasts

What will employers do with their health insurance sponsorship once health reform kicks into full-implementation in 2014? Will they drop coverage? There’s been some speculation that more employers would exit covering employees, but researchers at RAND see quite the opposite scenario. An additional 13.6 million workers will be offered health insurance coverage in a post-ACA America, [...]

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Doctor and patient

A primer on primary care

More patients find doctor is not in, NPR asserted on August 30, 2010, as part of its ongoing series covering the primary care shortage in America. To understand why this statement is so important, let’s go back to the definition of “primary care.” The American Association of Family Physicians says the domain of primary care includes the [...]

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DNA

A link between DTC ads, genetic pre-disposition, and healthy decisions

Detractors of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTC) contend that the ads promote consumers asking for pills they don’t often need, medicalize normal life conditions (such as menopause and sleeplessness), and drive up unnecessary medical spending. A team of researchers now finds that DTC can play an important, positive role in motivating health consumers to adopt healthy behaviors. “The [...]

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4 in 5 Physicians Online Visited Sites Targeted

Physicians stick with professional health content sites online in 2010

The fact that physicians access health information digitally is not big news; but, where they’re going online may surprise some health marketers who are shifting educational and promotional resources to online portals.   4 in 5 physicians access health care professional sites, the most visited online sources for physician seeking health information online; these sites get nearly one-half of [...]

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