Study: Family health spending increasing

A new report from Families USA finds that more than 1.3 million Missourians are in families that will spend more than 10 percent of their income on health care in 2009. According to the report:

• 1,277,000 non-elderly Missourians are in families that will spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care in 2009.

• Between 2000 and 2009, the number of people in families spending more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care will have increased by 433,000, or 51.3 percent.

• Nearly nine out of 10 people (86.1 percent) in families spending more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care are insured.

• 1,100,000 non-elderly Missourians with insurance are in families that will spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care in 2009.