# Soaring health insurance costs are quietly preventing wages from rising higher, while workers also shoulder a larger share of premiums, economist says

- Source: Fortune | FORTUNE
- Published: 2026-11-01T17:34:29+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/11/01/health-insurance-costs-wage-gains-premiums-obamacare-aca-plans-open-enrollment/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/soaring-health-insurance-costs-are-quietly-preventing-wages-from-risin-734788/

If employer contributions had instead grown at 3%, which was the pace a few years ago, wage growth would be about 0.2-0.3 percentage points faster today.

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