Health Insurance Rates Rise Slowly, But Not Slow Enough
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Too bad that rise is still 2 times higher than the rate of inflation.
In fact, health insurance rates have gone up 87% since 2000, while wages have only gone up 20% in the same time span. And, though the most current insurance rates have only risen 7.7% in the last year, that's still too high for most people to pay.
The number of uninsured Americans is at an all-time high, with 46.6 million people unable to afford insurance at all. It's a tragedy that 8.3 million of those are children, who won't be receiving the kind of health care that they need to grow into healthy adults.
There's legislation on the table that may help in the near future, including a rise in the minimum wage, talk of subsidizing health insurance at the state level, and even a national plan. But, until these things are actually made available to the average American, the lack of affordable health insurance will only continue to plague the uninsured.