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Health insurance costs: Premiums for family coverage at work tops $22,000 a year

November 12, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Health insurance costs: Premiums for family coverage at work tops ,000 a year

Employees foot about $6,000 of the tab, while companies pick up the rest, according to the 2021 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey. The report, released Wednesday, found that the average annual premium rose 4% this year to $22,221. The average annual premium for a single staffer in 2021 hit $7,739, also up 4%….

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How to find the best health insurance plan for you and your family : Shots

November 9, 2021 Sharika Soukup

If you’re buying health insurance outside a job-based plan, you’re in luck this fall. After years of cutbacks and — some say sabotage — of the Affordable Care Act during the Trump administration, the Biden administration is pulling out the stops to help people find good health plans on HealthCare.gov right now — the open…

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Invisible until the pandemic, family caregivers are now on the front lines

November 9, 2021 Sharika Soukup

For more than 30 years I’ve advocated for our nation’s family caregivers, a cause borne from my own experiences caring for loved ones. I have long known that they have not received the acknowledgment and support they deserve. One of the many sobering lessons of the current pandemic is that our nation’s family caregivers must…

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