Costs of employer-sponsored
health insurance in the US have soared this year according to a
report published by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).

Based on a survey of
employers conducted between January and May this year, the
non-profit organisation found that compared with the same period in
2010 the average premium for single coverage had risen 8% for
single coverage and 9% for family coverage.

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KFF noted that
employer-sponsored health plans are the leading source of health
insurance, covering about 150m non-elderly people in the
US.

Putting the rising cost of
health insurance into a longer-term perspective, the KFF reported
that in 2011 the average annual cost of family coverage is $15,073
of which plan sponsors’ contribute, on average, $10,944 and
employees $4,129.

For plan sponsors this
represents a 108% increase compared with the average of $5,269 they
paid in 2001.

For employees, the average
contribution has risen 131% from the $1,787 they paid 10 years
ago.

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The KFF’s data has added fuel
to California insurance commissioner Dave Jones’ drive to allow his
office to regulate the premium increases of health insurers
operating in the state.

His efforts are the subject
of a bill which is to be voted on by California’s Senate in January
2012.

Commenting on the KFF’s
report, Jones said in a statement: “We simply cannot continue down
this road of unchecked rate hikes.

“Even more exasperating is the fact that these increases
far outpace the rate of medical inflation, by roughly three to one,
and come at a time of record-breaking profits for
insurers.”