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The Cost to Cover Health Insurance for a Family in America Is $22,221

Health Populi

Figure A shows the family health insurance premium cost-sharing between employers and workers over ten years. The premium cost-growth between 2011 and 2016 was 20%, and between 2016 and 2021, 22%. The employee’s share grew from $4,129 in 2011 to nearly $6,000 in 2021, 45% growth over the decade.

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Getting More Personal, Virtual and Excellent – the 2020 NBGH Employer Report

Health Populi

Looking forward, “nudging” employees to physician-based ACOs through strategic plan design (think: behavioral economics) and promoting virtual primary care services will gain traction in 2011-2022. The overwhelming majority of employers are already attending to financial wellness and health care access and literacy.

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DOJ Withdraws Decades Old Antitrust Guidance as Scrutiny of Health Care Industry Continues

Hall Render

The three policy statements include, Department of Justice and FTC Antitrust Enforcement Policy Statements in the Health Care Area (Sept. 15, 1993); Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care (Aug.