The cost of a family health insurance plan has reached roughly $27,000 as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have decried the high cost of health insurance.

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a nonpartisan healthcare nonprofit, found that the cost of health insurance for a family plan increased by six percent compared to the year before, which builds on two prior years of seven percent gains. This rate of increase outpaces the rate of inflation; economists believe this could stagnate employment and wage growth.

Gary Claxton, a senior vice president at KFF, said, “If healthcare cos

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