Our Broken Health-Care System...

…COSTS YOU

• Health care coverage will cost the typical American household about $15,000 this year, including employer contributions.
• The typical American household pays $6,500 more for health care than the average household in other developed countries.
• Premiums for employer-provided family health insurance include about $1,000 in costs of care for the uninsured.
• Without reform, working Americans can expect to lose $11,611 in wages and benefits in the next seven years due just to the increase in health care premiums.

…COSTS YOUR EMPLOYER

• The average employer contribution to an employee’s health insurance premium was $12,106 in 2007, almost double from $6,351 in 2000.

....ISN’T SECURE

• One-third of Americans who have health insurance worry they are in danger of losing it.
• And, individuals may be denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions.
• For workers who retire before age 65, there are virtually no other options for health insurance other than the employer. But only 33 percent of employers that do offer health insurance offer it to retirees.

…ISN’T EFFICIENT

• Private insurance companies spend 15 percent of our premiums and co-pays on administration. Medicare spends less than 3 percent on administrative costs.

…DOESN’T DELIVER

• The U.S. pays more for health care than any other country, but our life expectancy ranks behind Japan, most of Europe, Jordan, Guam and the Cayman Islands.

…LAVISHLY REWARDS HEALTH-CARE EXECUTIVES

• The average pay package for health and disability insurance CEOs was $8,747,914 in 2006.
• The average compensation for a pharmaceutical executive was $4,355,834 in 2006.

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