"[T]he cost of health insurance has risen 120 percent while wages grew only 29 percent from 1999 to 2007. Health insurance premiums have risen so high that experts forecast 52 million Americans will be uninsured next year." - Health Care For America Now For the full article: NOTE: To be precise, it shows the cost of employer-sponsored insurance as a share of median household income, using latest figures available: 2006, and projected cost in 2016, on the present path. (Until we figure out how to embed the code in our editor, please use this link. A webpage with the map will open in a separate window.) |