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Covering health care affordability: A big story with major impact

In the first entry in a series for STAT News, “Out of Pocket, Out of Reach,” reporter Bob Herman showed that since 1987, the cost of health insurance for employers and workers has risen by 979% while overall inflation in that time rose by 176%, an increase of more than 450%. Such huge increases are harming workers and businesses of all sizes, as his reporting demonstrates. About 80% of companies with fewer than 200 workers offered health insuran…
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healthjournalism.org broke the news on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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