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Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years

  • Written by Vivian Ho, Professor and Chair of Health Economics, Rice University
Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 yearsPatients and employers are feeling the pain of increased health premiums.wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times, according to our newly published research in the journal JAMA Network Open.

Premiums can rise if the...

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