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The Health Insurance Premium for a Family Averages $25,572 in 2024 – KFF’s Annual Update on Employer-Sponsored Benefits

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In this last time period, COVID and its long-tail into 2024, workers’ earnings rose much more than in the previous three time intervals, and inflation increased dramatically at 23% roughly matching premium increases in the period. In 2024, the average patient share amounts are shown in Figure 9.6

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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

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Many of these were already in motion before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged; the public health crisis exacerbated several of them. Aside from care for COVID-19, volumes are down except for services related to mental and behavioral health (with rates of mental health prescribing increasing for antidepressant and anti-anxiety drugs).