The signature legislation of the Obama
Administration, the Affordable Care Act, came under damaging assault
Wednesday from a Kaiser Family Foundation survey that found it has
already partially contributed to increasing health care costs.
The Kaiser survey helps to shed some light
on why so few employers are hiring, as health care costs for employers
are spiraling upwards.
The survey found that insurance premiums
rose by 9 percent in 2011. Healthcare costs for a single worker went up
on average from $5,049 to $5,429, and for a family, costs rose from
$13,770 to $15,073, on average.
The survey also found that some provisions
of the Affordable Care Act already in place -- including the allowance
for young people up to 26 years of age to remain on their parents
insurance policy -- contributed to 20 percent of that increase. - FOX News
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