Impeding changes to our Health Care system

[Fair&Balanced]

I dont know you want to hear.

Average employee premium contributions have more doubled in the last 10 years.

As a percentate of total contributions, they have not increased as much as overall premium cost as a result of employers limiting increases on the employee side by reducing beneifts instead.

I dont know any other way to say it.

Originally Posted by classicman

ETA - for years 1999 to 2009 the % DECREASED .3 % as a percentage of the total cost

I'll try again.

Employee share has been relatively contained by employers finding benefit reductions on the other side...even as employee premiums costs doubled in that 10 years.

Average employees are paying a helluva lot more for their insurance (higher premiums, higher co-pays, higher deductables,...) than 10 years ago.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by classicman

Could you please explain where mine was incorrect?

Originally Posted by Fair&Balanced

I don't know you want to hear.

for 2000 compared to 2010
Employee contribution as a percentage has only increased 6% in a decade.

or for 1999 compared to 2009
Employee contribution % DECREASED .3 % as a percentage of the total cost

Compare that to the price of milk, food, gas and a million other things...
Lets see how they stack up.

My point is that the employee contribution as a % is relatively static/moderately increasing.
Your lil chart has no relevance other than to disprove or distract from the actual problem.
The real issue is the FUCKING OVERALL COST!