Families USA Report Finds Illinoisans' Income Outpaced by Health Care Premiums 5 to 1

In the past 10 years Illinois families' earnings have been dwarfed by the rising cost of health care, a new Families USA report finds.  In fact, premiums rose five times faster than median earnings, consuming an even greater share of the family budget.  

Families USA found that between 2000 and 2009 family health care premiums rose an astounding 85.6% on average, versus the 17.2% for earnings.  Can Illinois families sustain these growing insurance costs?  Read the whole report here.