Although we pay more and more each year for health insurance (average premium for a family of four now over $12,000), we get less and less for it. Insurers continue to take high profits first, leaving enrollees more vulnerable to high out-of-pocket costs for health care.
A 2007 study of small-group and individual insurance markets in California, published by Health Affairs, shines a bright light on this problem. "Actuarial value" was defined as "the proportion of claims expenses for covered services...
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