As workers open their W-2 forms, many will see a new box with information on the total cost of employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. To some, it will be a surprise, perhaps even a shock.
Workers often have little idea how much they and their employers are paying for coverage. In many cases, economists say, workers give up cash compensation to get and keep health benefits.

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Who are these people who think health insurance is free? Everyone knows it costs money, except those on "free care." Everyone knows yo get lower pay for health insurance, that is why we get so aggravated when our premiums and copays skyrocket to keep the free people going..