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Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Rankings 2013 |
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Report finds continuing regional disparities on cost, inflation, and quality. Spikes in health insurance inflation in some areas of state
Citizen Action of Wisconsin released its 7th Annual Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking report Wednesday morning on a statewide media call. On the media call to comment on the report were Congressman Ron Kind, and State Representative Jon Richards.
The full report includes 6 charts ranking the cities and regions of Wisconsin on health insurance costs, rate of inflation, and quality, and can be downloaded here.
This year’s report finds wide disparities between higher cost and lower cost regions of Wisconsin, as well as large differences in the rate of health insurance inflation. There is a 24% variation between the lowest cost metro area (Madison) and the highest cost areas (Milwaukee & Racine), which amounts to a difference of $1,809 per year for single health coverage. The magnitude of this gap could have significant economic consequences. The report finds that Wisconsin health insurance premiums have increased 193% since 2000 statewide, and as much as over 300% in some areas.
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