Families buying non-group health insurance on their own in 2016 would pay nearly twice as much under the health proposals offered by presidential candidate Mitt Romney than under President Obama's health reform law, a new report from Families USA claims.
Families USA is a prominent Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy group that supports health care reform.
Under Romney's plan, families on average would pay $11,481 compared to $5,985 under Obama—a differential that includes comparative insurance premium payments as well as out-of-pocket costs paid by families when they receive health care, the report says.
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