Health care premiums on the increase

In the Business section of the New York Times, they look at how health care premiums are on the rise, and will continue to grow at steep throughout the next few years. According to the blog, the annual cost of a family policy is $13,375. This has doubled in the past decade. The prediction made in the blog is a family policy in 2019 will be $24,180. Click here for an in-depth look at what is predicted to happen to health care premiums over the next few years.

Medicare premiums raised

At Bloomberg, they report that different companies that provide Medicare, have increased their health care premiums by as much as 13%, which is five times more than the premium was raised last year. These increases directly affect the elderly, as they're the ones who are billed for the increase. This is on the cusp of Obama trying to pass a new bill that would increase funding for Medicare. For more information, read this article.