Employee contributions to healthcare plans have risen 134 percent over the past decade because midsize and large companies have been increasing deductibles, reducing dependent subsidies and streamlining coverage, a new report says.
Workers paid an average of $4,700 toward their health insurance this year, up from $2,001 in 2005, says Aon Hewitt, a human-resource firm based in Lincolnshire, Ill.
The figure for this year includes $2,490 paid toward insurance premiums and another $2,208 for such out-of-pocket costs as co-payments, coinsurance and deductibles, according to the firm’s annual survey.
The 2005 amount includes payments for both premiums and other costs, the report says.
