Almost two-thirds of large employers raised the amounts that employees are contributing to the cost of their health plans this year, and 79 percent say they will do so again in 2004, according to the study, by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust.
It appears this trend will continue. And then, there are the millions of people without any health insurance. As costs rise, I wonder how many more will join their ranks?
This is such a good topic. I don’t think that my company should have to pay more, but I don’t want to, either. I have asthma and allergies and am always on at least three medications. (Modern science trumps Darwin, I guess.) I can’t believe how much health care costs. And as the President asks for 87 billion dollars on top of the billions already spent on a war, I have to think there’s something better than can be done. I wish I had more answers and fewer questions.
I wonder at what point the scales will tip, and it will be cheaper for individuals to pay-as-you-go rather than participate in group health plans?