Report finds continuing regional disparities on cost, inflation, and quality Wisconsin Health Insurance Premiums Tripled since 2000. Citizen Action of Wisconsin released its 9th Annual Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking report Wednesday morning on a statewide media call. On the media call to comment on the report were U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and State Senator Chris Larson. The full report includes 11 charts ranking the cities and regions of Wisconsin on health insurance costs, rate of inflation, and quality. This year’s report finds wide disparities between higher and lower cost regions of Wisconsin, as well as large differences in the rate of health insurance inflation. There is a 22% variation in the large group market between the lowest cost metro area (Madison) and the highest cost area (Rhinelander), which amounts to a difference of $1,763 per year for single health coverage. On the small group and individual market, the report finds even higher regional disparities of as much as 42% between the highest cost and lowest cost Wisconsin city.

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