Total health care costs for the typical American family topped $19K per year. Though the increase over 2010 cost was a modest 7.3% increase, health care costs are now at an all time high.
Health care costs more than doubled in 9 years! Employees continue to pay for a larger share of the increase relative to previous years. Total distribution for this year: employers
pay about $11,400, employees pay about $4700 in premiums and $3,300 in out of
pocket costs.
Milliman does an excellent job in laying out the components of these increasing costs in their 2011 Medical Index Report.