INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Health care costs have more than doubled for some American families over the past nine years, and they show few signs of dropping, according to a report released last Wednesday by the actuarial consulting firm Milliman Inc.

The employee portion of costs paid for a family of four covered by the most common form of employer-sponsored health insurance will climb to a projected $8,008 this year from $3,634 in 2002. That amounts to an additional $84 a week from household budgets for health care.

Preferred provider organization plans are the most common form of employer-sponsored coverage.

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