September 30, 2006
Size Does Matter In Health Insurance
Workers at the USA's largest private-sector firms pay health insurance deductibles that are about half as expensive as those paid by workers at the smallest companies, according to a report by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Employees of companies with 1,000 or more workers paid $859, on average, to meet their deductible for family-plan coverage in 2004, compared with $1,779 paid by workers in firms with fewer than 10 employees, the report found. [click link for full article]
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Source: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare News From Medical News Today