$23,215 is Average Cost of Healthcare Coverage for Family of 4

Brian Anderson

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A new study says $23,215 is now the average cost of healthcare coverage for a family of 4 in the U.S.
Employers pay about $13,520 of that per year, or 58%, but the report shows increasing proportions of costs are being shifted to employees. Since 2007, when the economic recession began, the average cost to employers has increased 52%—an average of 6% per year—while the expenses borne by the family, through payroll deductions and out-of-pocket costs, have grown at an even faster rate, 73% (average of 8% per year).

That overall cost has more than doubled in 10 years, but the report says Obamacare has not really impacted it yet but will soon.
 
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