A recent study released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has found that in recent years families’ health insurance premiums have increased 10X faster than their income. 

It reported that the amount paid for family coverage increased 30% from 2001-2005 while income rose just 3%. The average cost of family health insurance increased from $8,281 to $10,728 during the 4 year timeframe.  

Despite increased attention paid to the health insurance crisis these increased costs have taken their toll on the numbers of insured.  The study also found that fewer employees have private sector jobs that offer insurance, fewer have private health coverage, and there are more uninsured. 

The uninsured were estimated to be 47 million at the end of 2005.   Further information is available at www.rwjf.org