AMID WORRIES over a sluggish economy, an unemployment rate of more than 9%, and a still-ailing housing market, news that health insurance costs jumped 9% in 2011 after four years of 5%-or-less growth came as another shocker. Premiums for the average family policy now cost employers more than $15,000 a year, an increase of 113% since a decade ago. These findings come from the 2011 Employer Health Benefits Survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust.
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