Cumulative Change in Single and Family Health Insurance Premiums and Federal Poverty Level, 1996-2011
Source
Premium data from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, private sector data from Insurance Component, 1996-2010, at http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/. Federal Poverty Level based on HHS Federal Poverty Guidelines (1996 through 2011) at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/figures-fed-reg.shtml; rate of growth based on change for one person (change for a four-person family would be 43.3% rather than 40.7% over the period).