How much did your family pay for health insurance this year? According to The Huffington Post the average family cost $10,880 this year in health insurance. While $8,167 was covered by the employer, that still leaves $2,713 to the worker.
Don’t think that figure is significant? Well, the number is a 9.5% increase over last year, and the number is expected to go up. It is also significant, because it only shows the statistics of families that have employer-based coverage. The cost of family insurance is equal to the salary of someone on minimum wage. Now is is making more sense why over 46 million people don’t have any health insurance? Even if someone is making more than minimum wage, they may not be able to afford the cost of insurance for an entire family, let alone themselves.
So, if people cannot afford health insurance, they most likely cannot afford medical care. When it comes to maintaining good health, medical care is essential. It’s time to stop just talking about changing our health care system and actually start advocating real change.
