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Georgia health insurance costs are about to go up again for those who work for the state. About 350,000 state and school employees and retirees will be hit with about a 10% increase in their health insurance premiums on Jan. 1, Department of Community Health officials said Thursday.

As it's reported at The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the price increases come after a year of no premium rate hikes. "In 2006, when Gov. Sonny Perdue and the General Assembly faced re-election, they put extra money in the budget for fiscal 2007 so state employees and teachers wouldn't have to pay higher premiums for Georgia health Insurance."

Unfortunately, as this is not a re-election year, that didn't happen again, an issue that does not bode well for those who hoped that upcoming elections would solve a great many healthcare issues.

And as employees only received a 3% wage increase this year, finding a more affordable Georgia health insurance plan might be the only way for many state-employed Georgians to make ends meet.