Health Benefits In 2019: Premiums Inch Higher, Employers Respond To Federal Policy

The annual Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey found that in 2019 the average annual premium for single coverage rose 4 percent to 7,188, and the average annual premium for family coverage rose 5 percent to 0,576. Covered workers contributed 18 percent of the cost for single coverage and 30 percent of the cost for family coverage, on average, with considerable variation across firms. Fifty-seven percent of firms offered...