By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon and Kaiser Health News The number of Americans without health insurance fell to 48.6 million last year, or 15.7 percent of the population, the first drop since 2007, according to new U.S. Census numbers released today. At the same time, a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation has found that health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage reached $15,745 this year. Thats up 4 percent over last year, but a more modest increase than in previous years when health costs far outpaced earnings. The average family pays nearly $4,500 a year for its share of…
Monthly Archives: September 2012 - Part 2
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon Six students in crisis flooded the counseling center on the first day of school this fall at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Last year, the number of UCCS students who needed emergency or crisis counseling tripled over the year before. And the director of the campus counseling center says the number of students seeking care has been steadily rising along with the student population in recent years. In Boulder at CU, the number of students seeking counseling has been steadily climbing for eight years and last year the schools psychological and counseling services center treated…