Why is health insurance so expensive? Read the latest stort in STAT's "Out of Pocket, Out of Reach" series to find out.
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The price of admission
Greg Kahn for STAT
Workers and employers are confronting staggeringly high health insurance premiums that, in some cases, are forcing businesses to reconsider how or whether they offer coverage. But those premiums don’t appear out of thin air. They are driven by the industry’s high and inscrutable prices.
