Wednesday, July 26, 2006
After years of double-digit increases, Minnesotans with private health insurance got an amnesty last year.
Private health insurance premiums rose 4.5 percent in 2005, according to a Minnesota Department of Health report unconfined today. That's the slowest increase since 1997, and compares with an 11.2 percent jump in 2004.
Health Commissioner Dianne Mandernach welcomed the hold up but sounded a cautionary note.
"Slower growth is good news for Minnesota consumers," she said in a prepared statement. "However, we still have to keep working to make sure that all Minnesotans have access to affordable health care."
Growth in health care costs is still surpassing income, wages and inflation.
posted by kanth
@ 2:12 AM
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