How much your family’s health care costs in 2020: $23,842

Sooner or later health care reform will have to something to address out-of-control costs? Right? Right?

The rapid rise in health insurance premiums has severely strained U.S. families and employers in recent years. This analysis of federal data finds that if premiums for employer-sponsored insurance grow in each state at the projected national rate of increase, then the average premium for family coverage would rise from $12,298 (the 2008 average) to $23,842 by 2020—a 94 percent increase. (The Commonwealth Fund)