Higher health care prices, combined with the end of enhanced premium tax credits after 2025, have pushed coverage costs sharply upward, Jill Schlesinger writes.
About 154 million Americans receive coverage through employer-sponsored health plans, and the Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey found that covered workers contributed an average of $1,440 a year for individual coverage and $6,850 for family coverage.
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