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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, July 10, 1990                   TAG: 9007100286
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

REPORT: HEALTH COSTS RISING WITH INCOMES

Out-of-pocket health expenses are taking the same size bite out of Americans' incomes as they were in the early 1970s, and even less than in 1960, according to a team of government researchers.

Over the past three decades, as health costs have climbed, the government and employers have shared most of the increased costs, the Health Care Financing Administration researchers reported.

Private insurance has been providing more benefits, largely because states are requiring more coverage, but employers have been unsuccessful in shifting the costs of better coverage to workers, said economist Katharine R. Levit.

- Associated Press 


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