US health insurance premiums rose to $27,000 for families in 2025

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Premiums for job-based health insurance rose 6 percent in 2025 to an average of $26,993 a year for family coverage, according to a survey of employers.

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The median cost of employer-based health insurance this year leaped ahead at nearly twice the rate of the consumer price index, according to the annual Kaiser Family Foundation employer survey released yesterday. Sadly, workers are bearing a larger share of the increased burden through rapidly rising co-premiums.The press coverage this morning of the closely followed survey emphasized the combined top-line increase of 5.5 percent for a family pl…

A new car vs. health insurance? Average family job-based coverage hits $27K

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Deductibles, drug prices drive surge in health premiums

New numbers from the Kaiser Family Foundation show family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance jumped 6 percent this year, reaching nearly $27,000.Workers paid about $6,850 out of pocket. Employers paid about $20,000 per family.Employers surveyed for the report cited rising prescription drug prices, hospital costs and demand for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs as factors behind the increase.Large employers know these new high-priced weight-l…

Average cost of a family health insurance plan now nearly $27,000

(The Hill) - The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance rose for the third year in a row in 2025, approaching an average of almost $27,000 for a family plan, according to an annual survey from KFF released Wednesday.  Family premiums are up 6 percent, or $1,408, from last year, more than double the rate of inflation and similar to the 7 percent increase recorded in each of the previous two years.  On average, workers contributed $6,850 annu…

‘A quiet alarm bell going off’: Job-based family coverage hits $27K annually

Premium increases are outpacing wage growth and general inflation at a time of intense focus on healthcare affordability, according to new research from KFF.