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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Health Insurance Keeps Getting Costlier


“The average family premium for health insurance offered through an employer surpassed the $13,000 mark this year, and the cost of coverage continues to outpace increases in wages and inflation, according to a report released Tuesday.” (San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday)

Not having a free market in health care and insurance is costing us big-time.

FEE Timely Classic
“What Hunger Insurance Could Teach Us About Health Insurance” by Joseph Bast


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.