Searching for smart, safe news you can TRUST?
Support safe, smart, REAL journalism. Sign up for our Axios AM & PM newsletters and get smarter, faster.
Searching for smart, safe news you can TRUST?
Support safe, smart, REAL journalism. Sign up for our Axios AM & PM newsletters and get smarter, faster.
Denver news in your inbox
Catch up on the most important stories affecting your hometown with Axios Denver
Des Moines news in your inbox
Catch up on the most important stories affecting your hometown with Axios Des Moines
Minneapolis-St. Paul news in your inbox
Catch up on the most important stories affecting your hometown with Axios Minneapolis-St. Paul
Tampa-St. Petersburg news in your inbox
Catch up on the most important stories affecting your hometown with Axios Tampa-St. Petersburg
Insurance premiums, combined with total deductibles, add up to 12% of workers' median incomes, according to a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund.
The big picture: Overall costs have been rising steadily for years, and workers' share of those costs have been growing even faster.
Details: Unsurprisingly, health care coverage is especially expensive in the South and in rural areas, which often have less competition among providers and sicker populations.
- Workers' annual premiums and deductibles together add up to more than $8,000 in 8 states: Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia.
- State by state, premiums eat up the biggest share of the median income in Louisiana, at more than 10%. Premiums and deductibles together topped 15% of the average income in Louisiana and Mississippi.