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Insurance Costs Outstrip Wage Increases

September 29, 2011 | ISSUE 47•39

The cost of health insurance premiums in the United States rose 9 percent this year, nearly three times the rate of increase seen in 2010. What do you think?

  • No thanks. Life's not that cool.

    Rick Dunn
    Planisher

  • I’m pretty sure the finger can be pointed directly at my neighbor, who gets colonoscopies like they’re going out of style.

    Julian Smith
    Work-Ticket Distributor

  • Yesterday that would have worried me, but this morning I found a similar lump on the opposite breast, so I'm cool.

    Sarah Harrison
    Guide Winder

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