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Health Care Costs Thought Inflation Was Bad? Health Insurance Premiums Are Rising Even Faster By Phillip Reese California businesses saw employees’ monthly family insurance premiums rise nearly $1,000 over a 15-year period, more than double the pace of inflation. And employees’ share grew as companies shifted more of the cost to workers. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/california-health-insurance-premium-costs-exceed-inflation-data-dataviz/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9F6b4LlpiRYwPwsrkWLeY9BsCyBQeoAWxpzM5TGX1Nge0IWXFMNRovRevqFcrh5nkQ2QFMd1GH46A_8gyJAcdquzkS_g&_hsmi=351967400&utm_content=351967400&utm_source=hs_email 'An Arm and a Leg': Medical-Debt Watchdog Gets Sidelined by the New Administration By Dan Weissmann The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is offline — for now. Here’s what that could mean for people with medical debt. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/an-arm-and-a-leg-medical-debt-watchdog-cfpb-sidelined-trump-administration/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Ko0mkgNKLqe7muZZ-AtMDNBzicTAhgSuU847UXi6bI8ymVP4LCu-BzDcaM4O0bFzPYJxBx2TBvBLQdvGC5JKIzc7tlw&_hsmi=351967400&utm_content=351967400&utm_source=hs_email