Health Insurance Eats Up West Virginia Workers’ Income

Health insurance for working families in West Virginia is increasing, according to the Commonwealth Fund. The combined cost of premiums and deductibles for family coverage was more than 10% of Mountain State workers’ income in 2024.  Employers have consistently covered about 20 to 30% of the cost of employee plans, but as overall costs increase, David Radley with the fund says costs increase yearly…

“If employees keep paying more and more into their insurance plan, but their wages aren’t keeping up, then employees are paying a higher share of their wages to buy that insurance.”