Government regulations and government enabled fraud continue to make U.S. healthcare more costly. The high and rising costs do not just effect our health and happiness. They also undermine our freedom as many citizens blame the high costs on the free market and so vote for socialist policies. It is a bum rap. The high costs of healthcare are due to the government, not the market. We should finally try Milton Friedman’s advice to end the licensing of medical practitioners and to abolish the FDA.
(p. B1) Surging healthcare costs are walloping U.S. workers, and they will only worsen next year. For 2027, employers may be facing the biggest health-insurance increase in at least two decades.
Americans with workplace coverage are expected to spend an average $5,297 this year on healthcare, $388 more than 2025, according to a new estimate from benefits-consulting firm Aon. The spending represents a combination of payroll deductions for premiums and out-of-pocket charges like deductibles and copays.
The burden is likely to grow significantly next year, when U.S. employers expect their healthcare costs to go up by 11.1%, according to a new survey from WTW, another big benefits consultant—the steepest rise in more than 20 years.
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At Paul Wissmach Glass Co., which employs 35 people in Paden City, W.Va., co-owner Jason Wilburn said he has been hit by double-digit premium increases each year since his family bought the company in 2021.
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“It’s frustrating and sad,” Wilburn said. “Something’s got to change.”
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“Healthcare spending recently has risen more quickly than income,” said Michael Chernew, a healthcare-policy (p. B2) professor at Harvard Medical School.
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(Note: the online version of this article has the date August 20, 2026, and has the title “U.S. Workers Are Paying More for Healthcare, and Next Year Will Be Worse.”)