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I was talking to someone today who put the price of self insured health insurance and closer to 1200 per month. It obviously varies, but that is way over what you average person will pay. Now maybe a family of 4-5 will pay that.

The report states that nationwide, annual premiums averaged $2,613 for single coverage and $5,799 for family plans in the 2006-2007 period. This is where McCain most likely obtained his numbers, though some would argue that information obtained from industry associations is not reliable, given the goals of the association: promoting private insurance plans.

The report goes on to state that for single policies, annual premiums ranged from $1,163 for persons under age 18 to $5,090 for persons aged 60-64. For family policies, premiums ranged from $2,325 for policies covering children under age 18 to $9,201 for families headed by persons aged 60-64.

The limitation of relying on this study is that it is only based on individual policies and does not incorporate the costs of corporate insurance policies.
2. The National Coalition on Health Care, the nation’s largest non-profit, non-partisan alliance working to improve America’s health care, places the average annual cost that a health insurer charges an employer for a health plan covering a family of four at $12,100 (2007 estimate). This relays the true cost of the insurance to the employer, even though the average cost per employee for family coverage is estimated at $3,300.
http://sefora.org/2008/10/17/for-the...are-insurance/