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Test your knowledge about Connecticut health insurance premium costs
September 2009

1. Nationally, between 1999 and 2008, median family income increased by 29%. How much did employer-sponsored family health insurance premiums increase by?

a) 200%
b) 28%
c) 119%
d) none of the above

2. Out of the 50 states, where does Connecticut rank with its 2008 average yearly family premium of $13,436?

a) second highest
b) twenty-fifth
c) tenth highest
d) fifth highest

3. Connecticut’s average yearly premium for single coverage was $4,740 in 2008. What percentage increase is this from 2003?

a) 46%
b) 29%
c) 15%
d) 38%

4. If premiums for employer-based insurance keep growing at the current rate, then how much will they have grown by in 2020?

a) 94%
b) 110%
c) 48%
d) 26%

5. If health care reform can slow the growth of premiums by 1% in every state, how much can employers and families save per premium per family by 2020, compared with current projections?

a) $3,561
b) $5,789
c) $2,571
d) $1,324

Source: C Schoen et.al., Paying the Price: How Health Insurance Premiums are Eating Up Middle-Class Incomes, The Commonwealth Fund, August 2009,

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