Health insurance premiums increased by an average of 42% for individual coverage and 50% for family coverage nationwide between 2003 and 2010, found a new study. Who’s paying the most?
Below are the top 10 most expensive states in which to buy individual and family health insurance, according to an analysis of private employer-based health premiums and deductibles by The Commonwealth Fund:
Individual coverage
- Alaska — $6,085
- Delaware — $5,653
- District of Columbia — $5,644
- Rhode Island — $5,557
- Maine — $5,554
- Massachusetts — $5,413
- Wisconsin — $5,384
- Louisiana — $5,310
- Connecticut — $5,302
- New York — $5,220
Family coverage
- District of Columbia — $15,206
- New Hampshire — $15,204
- Florida — $15,032
- Connecticut — $14,888
- Rhode Island — $14,812
- New York — $14,730
- Illinois — $14,703
- Massachusetts — $14,606
- Maine — $14,576
- Wisconsin — $14,542
Click here to compare these ranks to last year’s. There’s been a lot of movement.
Info: To see view the stats on your state, click here for a PDF of the study.
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