Employees’ contributions to their health insurance premiums rose more slowly between 2010 and 2015 in 30 states and Washington, D.C., and their deductibles grew more slowly in 27 states, according to a new Commonwealth Fund analysis that compares the cost of employer health insurance between 2006 and 2015.
Still, many families are spending, on average, a bigger share of their income on health care than they were prior to 2010. That is because median incomes, despite their recent surge, have not kept pace with healthcare costs, Commonwealth said.
In Connecticut, the average annual growth in single-person plans rose 4.8 percent between 2006 and 2010 and 4.1 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to the report,
For family premiums in the state, average annual growth was 4.6 percent between 2006 and 2010 and 4.2 percent between 2010 and 2015, the report said.
Premiums as a share of median state income in Connecticut were 15 percent in 2006 and 2010, but 19 percent in 2015, the report said.
The combined premium contribution and deductible as a percentage of median household income in Connecticut was 5.1 percent in 2006, 6.6 percent in 2010 and 9.5 percent in 2015.
