By: William Gibson
Source: SunSentinel.com
About 4.1 million Floridians spend more than 10 percent of their gross family income on health care, according to a report released recently.
“It’s a real middle-class cost crunch,’’ Congresswoman Kathy Castor, a Democrat from Tampa. “Health-care costs are devouring a larger portion of family income,’’ she said. “That is a serious drag on the overall economic recovery.’’
The report says the number of Floridians who spend more than a tenth of their pre-tax family income on health care has jumped from 2.4 million in 2000 to 4.1 million today.
The report can be found at http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/too-great-a-burden-2009.pdf
